The message encoding determines the character limit and the type of characters supported.
- A single message with the default encoding can be up to 160 characters long.
- When the length exceeds the single message character limit, the number of messages will be changed accordingly, based on the limits below:
|
|
16-bit |
7-bit |
|
Single SMS limit (x1) |
70 |
160 |
|
Double SMS limit (x2) |
128 |
306 |
|
Triple SMS limit (x3) |
192 |
459 |
|
Quadruple SMS limit (x4) |
256 |
612 |
|
Quintuple SMS limit (x5) |
320 |
765 |
- Devices show each SMS as one message, regardless of the number of characters.
- You can check the character and message number on the calculator in the top left corner.
