Do you send MMS?

mms - Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a telecommunications standard for sending messages that include multimedia objects (images, audio, video, rich text).

@youless (112511)

Guangzhou, China

March 18, 2009 1:22am CST

Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a telecommunications standard for sending messages that include multimedia objects (images, audio, video, rich text). I have never sent MMS as I canceled GPRS from my phone provider. As I don't like I will be charged unnecessary and unreasonable fee for GPRS, especially for the service I have never used. Occasionally I will receive MMS from others, but I can't open it since there is no GPRS.

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@ahgong (10064)

• Singapore

20 Mar 09

Well, I use then from time to time. It is much much cheaper than using SMS if the messages you send are long. I can like squeeze about 4 SMS messages into one MMS and pay nothing for it. This is because due to competition among the telcos, lots of MMS is bundled into the phone contracts you signed to encourage their usage. But it still doesn't catch on. I just cannot figure out why.

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@ahgong (10064)

• Singapore

23 Mar 09

Yes... at times it does.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

20 Mar 09

More competition means better price and service

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@yogamurugan007 (29)

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20 Mar 09

yes i used to send mms through my phone to my friends some times it may fail to send but i am usin it for a long time and i send my photos to my parents when i am in my hostel monthly i will send nearly 200 mms to my friends and to my home.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

20 Mar 09

That's a lot of MMS

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@faith210 (11224)

• Philippines

19 Mar 09

Hi youless! I don't send MMS for I haven't avail of the service. haha..Don't like paying extra fees too for something that is really not necessary for me to have. Take care and blessings to you! lovelots..faith

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

I have the same thoughts like you

@bombshell (11256)

• Germany

19 Mar 09

no! too expensive for me.need tos pen more time in mylot to use the MMS

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

Thanks for your response.

@sweetyethot (1737)

• China

19 Mar 09

You can try it.Its fun.I never use MMS,either coz my phone is not access to this function I think.Cheers!

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

As long as it charges me unreasonable fee, I don't think it's fun any more

• Pakistan

20 Mar 09

After reading your point of view of i little bit agree with you, but it depends in which country you are living country like Pakistan where i am living we have so many packages on different networks so it becomer cheaper and cheaper here.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

20 Mar 09

That's nice.

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@danishcanadian (28953)

• Canada

18 Oct 09

I've never done this before. I rarely even send regular text messages. Occasionally my step-daughter and I will text back and forth, but that's only on rare occasions. The rest of the time we'll just talk.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Oct 09

I cancel GPRS and therefore I can't send MMS. I don't want to pay extra for it.

@sophie_dfuss (2365)

• Philippines

19 Mar 09

Yes I sent MMS but very seldom. I used the GPRS of my cellphone to check my Yahoo email

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

I use wifi to check it.

@wondericequeen (7876)

• Hong Kong

19 Mar 09

I don't actually send MMS at all because I think it will charge me a certain amount to send MMS. People send MMS to me though and I would take a look. But sometimes I think the file is too "large" and it takes awhile before my phone could react to it.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

Here receiving MMS also charges, and this is unreasonable.

@angel_of_charm (4134)

• Philippines

18 Mar 09

I always send MMS on my phone since I am on prepaid service, i also use GPRS always for instant messaging and browsing..so far I'm happy with it and its not causing me much

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

Good for you.

@Nhey16 (2518)

• Philippines

19 Mar 09

I haven't send any MMS from my phone.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

Me, too.

@krajibg (11922)

• Guwahati, India

19 Mar 09

I still have the GPRS on my mobile but have never sent any MMS for I never felt like sending one. May be I have my computer and can send and all via email and therefore have not cared to do so. Or else perhaps I would. Besides the teen aged one are more interested in sending and receiving MMS.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

You are right. MMS isn't so important for since there is an internet.

• China

19 Mar 09

i seldom send MMS to my friends ,but the service i get from china mobile everyday enables me to be able to receive some MMSs from china mobile ,so i think it is convenient to have the function of GPRS,though it takes me 3 yuan per month .and also i could receive some MMSs from my friends.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

I even don't want to pay extra one cent to China mobile because I am not happy to their charges and service.

@sinokirin (900)

• China

19 Mar 09

Now it is 3G,haha, i mean, telecom operators now would earn more money. I had joined in a package of grps fee of 2M capacity monthly, and i spent it on the website, seeing the movie. I seldom send mms, because it is expensive and i have no picture send.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

In fact I haven't tried 3G yet, it is not necessary for me to pay for extra money for the feature I don't use.

@marketing07 (6266)

• South Korea

18 Mar 09

yes, i do send MMS message international for important purposes..but in local i seldom send mms cuz it is quite expensive..

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Mar 09

Perhaps sending MMS to overseas will be much more expensive?

@pengbubu (1011)

• China

18 Mar 09

I do not send MMS though I opened the GPRS function, but I would like using my phone browsing websites, I find it's really interesting.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Mar 09

I prefer to use wifi to get online by my cellphone as it's free of charge.

@Roseo8 (2947)

• India

18 Mar 09

Hi youless,no I too have not tried MMS,since I am told its expensive.After all there are less expensive methods to communicate isnt it,so why opt for MMS?

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Mar 09

I agree with you.

@kumarpslv (3216)

• India

18 Mar 09

I don't like sending SMS except in rare cases. I am feel this as very boring as we need to key in the texts using a small keys and for me it is a time consuming. For this time, just I will make the call to the concerned recipient and talk. But if need some proof or records of something, I will send them through SMS and I will keep the sent item for future reference.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Mar 09

MMS is still different than SMS.

@emilie2300 (1882)

• United States

18 Mar 09

Yes I said pictures and audionfiles all the time to family and friends and they send me things to. My is unlimited sending for MMS files.

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@youless (112511)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Mar 09

That's so nice.