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What is SMS and MMS on the iPhone? Find Out Here - Lifewire

SMS stands for Short Message Service, which is the formal name for the technology used for text messaging. It's a way to send short, text-only messages from one phone to another. These messages are usually sent over a cellular data network. (That's not always true, though, such as in the case of iMessage, which is discussed below.)