Is it a problem with all contacts, or just some?

@joshwright

The picture shows they are going via iMessage

@runningman

AFAIK it's always

What do you get charged for - an MMS?

What about a text only iMessage - does that show on your bill as a text (even if zero rated)?

Have you tried putting in to airplane mode, then re-enabling WiFi (so no mobile connection, just wifi)

RunningMan:

 

What do you get charged for - an MMS?

 

20c

 

 

 

What about a text only iMessage - does that show on your bill as a text (even if zero rated)?

 

No texts show on the bill,only the current month in the app, and there are no imessages in there

 

 

 

Have you tried putting in to airplane mode, then re-enabling WiFi (so no mobile connection, just wifi)

 

Yes

 

 

 

I've had this issue on 3 different iphones though

What exactly is written on your bill?  Are you sure the charge relates to this?  

Brunzy: Can anyone confirm that they get charged ( or not ) for sending pics via iMessage?
I wa under the impression that anything via iMessage was data only and not part of your text plan, Spark confirmed that and even sent a test pic from their shop,but I always get charged for them

if your message is in blue , then it used your data/internet,   if in green it means mms msg 

It it's an iMessage, I'm pretty sure your telco (in this case Spark) can't even see the content as it's encrypted end-to-end. So if it's indeed an iMessage, Spark has no way of knowing whether you're sending a text, image, 200MB PDF, etc..

Obviously you'd pay for the data if you're sending a large file via iMessage on 3G/4G.

scuwp:

What exactly is written on your bill?  Are you sure the charge relates to this?  

Benjip:

It it's an iMessage, I'm pretty sure your telco (in this case Spark) can't even see the content as it's encrypted end-to-end. So if it's indeed an iMessage, Spark has no way of knowing whether you're sending a text, image, 200MB PDF, etc..

Obviously you'd pay for the data if you're sending a large file via iMessage on 3G/4G.

1cloud:

Brunzy: Can anyone confirm that they get charged ( or not ) for sending pics via iMessage?
I wa under the impression that anything via iMessage was data only and not part of your text plan, Spark confirmed that and even sent a test pic from their shop,but I always get charged for them

if your message is in blue , then it used your data/internet,   if in green it means mms msg 

I was going to suggest that the charges may be related to the international SMSes that are sent when iMessage is activated or deactivated - noting that you have indicated that you have toggled iMessage on and off as a potential solution to the problem.

However it seems strange that the activation messages would appear on your bill as 'picture messaging' because I would have thought they would just be a text based SMS.

So, to get back to the original question,

Can anyone confirm that they get charged ( or not ) for sending pics via iMessage on their Spark account?

Brunzy:

So, to get back to the original question,

Can anyone confirm that they get charged ( or not ) for sending pics via iMessage on their Spark account?