Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:35:36 -0000 (UTC) :
 

I mean, SMS is explicitly asynchronous - there's no guarantee a text will
be delivered at any time - so the time you send something is meaningless.
Especially with kids.

 
While technically that's true, how many times have you sent an SMS/MMS
message and had it NOT arrive within seconds of you sending it?

I mostly communicate via imessage or whatsapp so SMS is rare. I have had it
fail, but couldn't tell you how often.

Ooops. Wrong link. Here's the correct link to the example I just provided.

<https://i.postimg.cc/v86wXwtJ/scheduledmessage.jpg>

 
Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?

 
Completely outside the topic of "scheduled messages", I hike often in
backcountry that has low cellular service where my experience is that any
queued up SMS messages get sent en masse when my phone enters a cellular
service area.
 
Back on the topic of scheduled messages though, based on the WSJ article

You misunderstand. I was asking about *your* method. Does it work when
there's no mobile signal? And if it doesn't, what happens? Do scheduled
messages fail completely or is it sent next time signal is available?