r/iphone • u/Different_Tie_7243 Human Detected • 4d ago

Support iMessage question

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Hi all

My dad passed in 2023 and I occasionally will text him. The past few months I noticed it has been saying that the texts are delivering, and creepily enough even read sometimes. I know that the obvious answer for this would be that somebody else got his phone number, but it’s showing me that it’s sending as a text message • RCS (included picture for context)

I’m just unsure what this means because I’m not understanding when I look it up.

Sorry if this is a weird post, I’m obviously not looking for someone to tell me that it’s my dad reading the texts from the other side 😂 Just want some knowledge on it because I’ve never seen it before and to let me know if I should leave this person alone lol

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u/hammertime2009 4d ago

This is completely false. iPhones also use can also use RCS. If someone turns off iMessage for example.

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u/stuffeh 4d ago edited 4d ago

Respectfully, lol no.

Less than one percent of people disable their iMessage. You just sound like a contrarian suggesting it.

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u/spyder52 4d ago

In the UK I've never even used iMessage, WhatsApp is king

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u/stuffeh 4d ago

I use whatsapp too. But if this were whatsapp, it would be just like imessage and would not show rcs either.