The mobile phone emoticons that could wipe the smile
off your face :-(
This article
is about how Users of some older smartphones including those
from Samsung and reportedly Apple and HTC are finding that when they
send a text message that includes a smiley face or other emoticon, the handset
converts the SMS to a picture message and charges them.
·
The
case of a woman who racked up a £1,200 bill over four months through the use of
emoticons in texts.
·
In
a recent survey into unexpectedly high bills the watchdog found that 4% of the
5,700 people surveyed said they had received a high bill caused by unexpected
charges for emoticons.
That fact
that phones can rack up $1,200 bill just by doing something simple shows
how even new and digital media can backfire, and fall flat
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