Brent, you are completely right. Check this article about half way down. It says the same thing you said http://gigaom.com/apple/imessage-101-group-messaging/
🐰 Alice
On May 19, 2012, at 9:01 AM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
> I would __guess__ that the problem is the lowest common denominator. Meaning iMessage.app only sends one text, and whoever has the worst connection decides how the message is sent to all in the group.
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> So if one of the group either does not have iMessage or is not able to at that moment receive an iMessage text, the app makes the decision to send it as a SMS and not as an iMessage text. Think about it, the other option could have been, since all the recipients can't receive an iM text, don't send it to anyone.
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> It is only a stupid application, possibly the developers did not think of the need for a feature to send it out to different members of a group in both formats, or did not rank it high enough to bother. The message going out right now, might have ranked higher on the list of priorities.
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> Brent
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> On May 19, 2012, at 5:04 AM, Devitt wrote:
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> Thanks to all who replied. I had sent successful iMessages to both recipients many times before I tried to group message them. The problem turned out to be within my iPhone.
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> I deleted the problem message, quit the app. No luck. Then I shut off the phone and turned it back on. Same problem. I rebooted. The problem reappeared then corrected itself a few minutes later.
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> I'm not sure what fixed it but I'm glad it's gone.
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> Cathy
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>> Your friends may not have set up iMessage or they may be out of the data coverage area when you tried sending.
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>> Jay
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>> On May 18, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Devitt wrote:
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>>> I sent a group iMessage to two different people who both have iPhones. It went as a text message rather than an iMessage. Is that normal? When I sent a later iMessage to one of the recipients of the group iMessage, it also went as an SMS text.
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>>> I checked settings and all is normal. I tried closing the messaging app from the bottom tray. When I try to iMessage either of these people I still get the green text rather than the blue iMessage. Any ideas what is going on? Or how I can fix it?
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>>> Cathy
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