Charges for emailing photos from phone

[Eve]

I have checked my mobile bill and seen I've been charged for a load of MMS photo messages. I very rarely send photos in messages but often send photos from my phone to Facebook via email (I have an email address which uploads them direct to my profile) so this is the only thing I can think they are charging me for.

Is it usual for mobile providers (I'm with Orange) to charge for sending photos via email? I have an unlimited internet and text message iphone tarrif.

[Nosha123]

Mms is not the same as emailing a photo. You need to question the bill. . And I'd be curious to hear what they say!!!

[fourteen85]

I am with T mobile and although sending photos is free you have to tick a box on their website to say you want the service otherwise you pay as I found out after my first month with them. I believe o2 charge for this service . as with everthing you just need to read the small print

[islandman]

take a photo on your phone, bluetooth to your laptop, include it in an email and it's free

[sunny-dave]

You shouldn't be charged for emailing the photos - as long as it's not some weird iphone app that is using MMS to link to the email account.

The only other possibility for random MMS charges is that most providers convert 'long' text messages from SMS to MMS before sending. Don't know about Orange, but my Vodafone service changes from SMS to MMS once you get over about 300 characters.

I have had problems where a text message looks short enough for SMS but has actually got some hidden 'special' characters buried in it (from a bit of cut/paste) and so goes over the SMS limit and is sent as MMS.

[Eve]

Ahhhh I think you might have sussed it Dave! I do tend to ramble in texts and maybe that's it, sneaky so and sos, they could at least warn you!

I will try and ring them and have a check. Thanks all :)