My New iPhone

Sending Text Messages

The two parts of any text message are the message itself and the mobile phone number to which you want to send that message. You can type a phone number or tap a phone number saved in your Contacts program. Each time you send or receive a text message from the same person (identified by his or her mobile phone number), your iPhone stores that message in a list.

To write and send a text message, do this:

1. From the Home screen, tap Messages. The Messages screen appears, listing all your text messaging conversations, as shown in Figure 16-1. (The number of unread text messages appears in parentheses next to the Messages heading.)

   Figure 16-1. The Messages screen displays all your current text message conversations.

2. Tap the New Message ...