The messages _are_ under 160 bytes, but either the iPhone or the carrier is 
breaking them into 67-byte chunks, so a 160-byte message would be broken up 
into 3.
-Carl

On Apr 4, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Michael Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

> there is a setting to show char count, the best you can do is ‘train’ people 
> to keep it under 160 per message. if you need to go long it should be in 
> email IMO.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael Porter
> http://michaelpporter.com
> 
> On April 3, 2014 at 10:58:26 PM, Carl Hoefs ([email protected]) 
> wrote:
> 
>> A friend has an iPhone 5s iOS 7 and can compose and send SMS messages 
>> normally. However when the messages are received by others they're in 
>> 67-byte chunks, and usually a bit out of order. The default SMS size is 160 
>> bytes per message. I can't find a setting on the iPhone that would affect 
>> this. Am I overlooking it, or could there be another reason for this 
>> behavior? I don't know the carrier. 
>> -Carl 
>> 
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