Charges for messages?

[Anonymous]

Today I joined o2 and received an iphone 6, I text 20 people a message saying this is my new number, blah blah and have been charged £6.66 for messages? How can this be classed as a picture message? 

[perksie · Accepted solution]

If you have used emoticons or exceeded the character limit you will be charged for MMS:  http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Android-Devices-Samsung-HTC-Sony/SMS-changed-to-MMS-on-Samsung-S3-mini/...

more on this here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2014/12/got-a-samsung-phone-you-could-get-charged-extra...

[viridis]

Also, if you sent the text as one text to all the people, bulk messaging charges may have been applied, these charges can trigger if more than 5 recipients are selected.

[Anonymous]

Wow I never had any of these issues with three? I sent the message as a bulk message so thats where the charges have came from. Its pretty crappy to be honest!
Thanks for the info

[Cleoriff]

Further general points here on this thread

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-Services/Accidental-MMS-Sending-and-How-to-Avoid-it/td-p...

I think most networks impose similar sorts of restrictions