by Jonathan
25. October 2011 11:27
Update: I recently blogged about disabling iMessage. To view that post, see: Disabling iMessage.
One important thing to remember when using Apple's iMessage in the recently-released iOS 5 is that, by default, your iPhone will fallback to SMS if the iMessage service is unavailable during a conversation with another iOS 5 user. While this may not matter much if you're chatting with another iPhone user in your country and you both have text messaging plans, if you text message any iOS user in another country, I strongly recommend disabling this option. Why? Because if your conversation falls back to SMS, then you will be charged for that international text message by your operator, and the fees are generally quite heavy (generally about $0.25/message, depending on the operator).
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