You have to upgrade to text plus silver in order to send and receive picture messages.
no.
no, airplane mode cuts you off from service, and you need service to receive text messages.
yes
Ofcoures You Can!
I do not think it is good or bad to receive a lot of text messages from people, it really does not matter.
You can receive text messages on a landline phone, but you cannot send them.
You would have to load a custom ringtone and associate it with messages.
No, you will not receive text messages if your cell phone is turned off. The messages will typically be delivered once you turn your phone back on and reconnect to the network.
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yes it can get....
Yes it can and if you open it and read it you get charged for it unless it was set by your cell phone carrier. If you do not want to receive text messages on your phn then you can call your carrier and have them blocked so you can't receive or send messages...just remember to get it unblocked if you add texting later.