160 characters · one segment

160 characters. Choose them well.

Every SMS fit one segment: 160 characters, or 70 if you used emoji or another script. Scarcity made messages considered. Count yours live.

Type as if each message cost money.

160/1

GSM-7 text gets 160 characters; emoji or Indic script switches to UCS-2 and 70. The old phone enforces it — so does this.

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