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Messages

Messages

Text messages, picture messages, email,
Messenger, messages glossary.

Your phone supports various messaging services.
Please contact your service provider for details on
which services you can use.

Text messages

Text messages are sent via SMS (Short Message
Service). Text messages can contain pictures,
animations, melodies and sound effects. Text
messages can be sent to one person, several
recipients or to a group of recipients that you
have saved in the phonebook

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35 Groups.

Before you start
First make sure that the number of your service
centre is set. The number is supplied by your service
provider and is usually saved on the SIM card.

To set the service centre number

1

}

Messages

}

Settings

}

Text message

}

Service centre

. If the service centre number

is saved on the SIM card, it is shown in the list.

2

If there is no number in the list

}

Add

and enter

the number, including the international “+” sign
and country code

}

Save

.

Sending text messages
For information about entering letters

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11 Entering

letters.

To write and send a text message

1

}

Messages

}

Write new

}

Text message

.

2

Write your message

}

Continue

. If you want to

save the message for later, press

}

Yes

to

save it in

Drafts

.

3

}

Enter phone no.

and enter the recipient’s phone

number, or

}

Phonebook look up

to retrieve a

number or a group from the phonebook. To enter
an email address

}

Enter email addr.

A list below

the send options shows the last 10 recipients.
You can also select a recipient from this list.

}

Send

.

If you send a text message to a group, you are charged
for each member of that group.

Some languages-specific characters use more space.
For some languages you can deactivate

National chars.

to save space.

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13 Options when entering letters.

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