Why Is there a 160 Character SMS Limit?

Short Message Service (Short Message Service, SMS for short) is a text or digital message sent or received directly by a user through a mobile phone or other telecommunications terminal. The number of characters that a user can receive and send each time is 160 English or numeric characters, or 70 Chinese characters. ^[1]

SMS

(Interpretation)

Short message: Short Message Service, or SMS for short

The inventor of mobile phone text messages is Finns, because the Nordic people's feelings are more subtle, and they don't like to express them by phone, so they have a whimsy.

SMS is accompanied by numbers

Depending on the object, time, and purpose, SMS is divided into the following categories:

1. Holiday congratulations and blessings:

   Starting from January 15, 2009, users of all operators will receive 0.1 yuan per message for sending text messages.

   The voice message service refers to recording what you want to say through a fixed phone, PHS, or mobile phone, and sending it to one or more users to listen to your message. At the same time, you can also perform voice message according to the phone's prompt Receive, forward, query, reply, and voice-on-demand operations. It makes up for the shortcomings of traditional text messages that are difficult to transmit sounds and the inconvenience of inputting information. It also solves the problem of sending text messages to people who have been hovering outside of text messages for a long time because they are not familiar with the use of pinyin. Interoperability issues between mobile phones and sending text messages.

   Voice SMS is a value-added service in which a user sends a voice SMS via a voice messaging platform (phone or website) using a phone or computer terminal. Voice messages can be recorded to your friends and relatives through self-recorded voice, or you can send wonderful voice message content to send blessings and happiness to your friends and relatives. Voice messages enhance user interaction and entertainment, making User communication is more distinctive.