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I knew the older iPhones couldn't send MMS, but I had thought that the new one could because they keep saying "Send and receive pictures and videos" in relation to the iphone up here in Canada.

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As I understand it, the iPhone is capable of sending MMS, but AT&T is afraid that a few million iPhone users suddenly having that ability will burn their infrastructure to the ground in a day[1]. So, they are presumably doing their best to strengthen their infrastructure before making the feature available.

I believe several non-U.S. carriers with iPhone users have it enabled already (on the iPhone), but I do not have first hand knowledge that this is true.

[1] I'm exaggerating for effect, of course.

It's certainly true here in Europe, but we've had MMS for at least 5 years, so the previous iPhone model was a bit of an odd duck out for not having that feature.

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