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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:25:25 -0000 (UTC)
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Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
> Chris wrote on Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:35:36 -0000 (UTC) :
> 
>> I mean, SMS is explicitly asynchronous - there's no guarantee a text will
>> be delivered at any time - so the time you send something is meaningless.
>> Especially with kids. 
> 
> While technically that's true, how many times have you sent an SMS/MMS
> message and had it NOT arrive within seconds of you sending it?

I mostly communicate via imessage or whatsapp so SMS is rare. I have had it
fail, but couldn't tell you how often. 

>> Ooops. Wrong link. Here's the correct link to the example I just provided.
>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/v86wXwtJ/scheduledmessage.jpg>
>> 
>> Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?
> 
> Completely outside the topic of "scheduled messages", I hike often in
> backcountry that has low cellular service where my experience is that any
> queued up SMS messages get sent en masse when my phone enters a cellular
> service area.
> 
> Back on the topic of scheduled messages though, based on the WSJ article

You misunderstand. I was asking about *your* method. Does it work when
there's no mobile signal? And if it doesn't, what happens? Do scheduled
messages fail completely or is it sent next time signal is available?