Actually that’s how original terminating MMS works, since “MMS-message” does not carry content itself(*. MMSCenter sends terminating SMS (which only is able to handle mobility = find recipient terminal) with a link to terminating operator’s MMSC from where the multimedia content is then retrieved by the phone. If originating operator cannot move content between/from originating MMSC to recipient operator’s MMSC (because it does not exist), originator MMSC can send an SMS pointing to the content in itself. But it is not MMService then = phone cannot handle it as an MMS but as a plain SMS. Which however may look more or less similar thing in modern phones. Making the MMS a bit useless any more.
(* Well, one exception there is for MMS-message to contain content: if MMS is sent to an email-address, then MMSC will put the whole content to an email as attachment.
Is it known if it would it be possible to configure the privacy switch to perform another function, like entering “silence mode”? It may be more useful to some people.
Yes, many features will come, and you’ll even be able to do everything you can think of with that button. Rain, I asked this before. Initially, there will be 4 or 5 features, but later they will make the privacy button’s code open-source, and you’ll be able to customize it according to your needs.
Excellent. Thank you. I like the toggle switch on my current phone and it is good to know that I won’t lose that feature on the Jolla Phone.
Still, they will continue to call it a “privacy button” for marketing purposes, I suppose. I think that is a good decision, but the way I see it described makes me think of the privacy switches on the PinePhone. Hopefully marketing will improve later on.
From what I have seen on pictures there will be options, primarily to use it as a silence switch.
What I think it can’t do is turning off the background communication with adjacent cell towers entirely. Achieving that ability requires rather bespoke hardware I think.
@Jolla In the opening post you’ve given a rough timeline. Also there is the party scheduled for the first week of July. Could you share an update on schedule. How are things looking at the moment, are you able to keep the schedule and start deliveries in July?
The only rcs available in Australia is currently on android devices right? I couldn’t find any settings in iOS about rcs. Hence why mms would still be popular.
It’s a software problem related to camera api 2 - so no problem on the hardware side. So from the hardware side using Sony cameras is a good choice to my mind - let’s see how the software will be improved.
