1. When using Dingtone to send an international SMS, remember
to add the country code before the mobile number. For example,
add “+91” before Indian numbers.
2. If you can’t access your contacts, you can go to your
phone’s “Settings” -> “Privacy” -> “Contacts” and check that
you have enabled Dingtone to access your contacts. This is to
make sending an SMS more convenient and Dingtone will not
invade on your privacy.
3. Due to regulatory reasons, you must have a Dingtone phone
number to send SMS to recipients in U.S. and Canada.
Of course! If you have a Dingtone phone number then you can
send and receive SMSs, even on iPads, iPods and tablets. If
you don’t have a Dingtone number then you can only send but
cannot receive SMS.
1. Your specific cost for sending and receiving SMS can be
found by tapping on “More” -> “Call Rates” then choose the
desired country code to display the rate.
2. Non-Dingtone users sending and receiving SMS from a
Dingtone user will be charged the rates of their local
carrier. Dingtone users will also need to pay a small amount
of Dingtone credits to receive the SMS. 【Note】The amount of
Dingtone credits needed to receive SMS is usually less than
the amount needed for sending SMS.
Not only can you send a text-only SMS with Dingtone, but you
can also send MMS with pictures, videos, location, voice
message, etc. If you have an iPhone then you can also send
doodles. Dingtone MMS will be sent as a link.
When your friend receives your link, they can choose to
download when they are on WiFi. This allows both parties to
save costs and data usage when sending and receiving MMSs.
SMS sent by Dingtone cannot exceed 140 characters, including
letters, spaces and punctuation marks. One Chinese word is
equivalent to 2 characters. If you send a message that is over
140 characters, Dingtone will automatically split the message
into 140 character size for sending. However, your long SMS
cannot be over 900 characters. After you have typed 900
characters, any additional characters will not be sent.