Last update: Oct 13, 2022
Created by Friedhelm Hillebrand, SMS messages first appeared in 1985, when mobile phones didn’t have the technology that exists nowadays.
Hillebrand decided to limit SMS messages to 160 characters for one reason: to be concise. He tested some common questions and answers and came to the conclusion that the maximum length of an SMS message should not exceed these 160 characters.
The first message was sent from a computer in 1992. It was only 15 characters long and simply said, “Merry Christmas.” 26 years have passed since this message, and since then, our lives have been marked in many different ways thanks to SMS.
There are a number of things to consider within the 160 characters of an SMS message:
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