[ericabiz]

Oh, right. I agree with you on that front. I see it working this way:

If you are standing on top of a mountain, right now you can’t send anything.

With Apple’s upcoming announcement, you’ll be able to send an iMessage.

If you try to send a SMS, it just won’t go through—-same as it would today.

I hope Apple allows it for all messages, personally. But I could definitely see them restricting it, especially at the beginning.

[CharlesW]

> If you try to send a SMS, it just won’t go through—-same as it would today.

I may be confused about the scenario then, because this does work for me. Specifically, when I turn off my cellular radio (I'm a T-Mobile customer) I can still send and receive messages to people not using iDevices.

[vineyardmike]

Most carriers have wifi-calling (and wifi SMS) that you can enable.

[easton]

Even without Wi-Fi? Because that’s the scenario they’re talking about, where nothing sends because you have no signal whatsoever.

[CharlesW]

> Because that’s the scenario they’re talking about, where nothing sends because you have no signal whatsoever.

Right, but the point of an iPhone that can talk to satellites that I'll generally always have at least a low-bitrate IP connection? Because with that, I can text iDevice and Android users alike.

[rblatz]

Weird, I’m on Verizon and if cellular is off all sms is broken but iMessage still works if I’m on WiFi.