1 - yes that is a major issue with SMS and why SMS use is in such sharp decline.  I doubt the carriers will make the mistake of pricing RCS like SMS or they&#x27;ll never get to break into messaging again.<p>2 - the iMessage to Android experience is still broken in many other ways.  For instance if you were in any long-running group messages that were iMessages, your messages will be silently dropped until the thread is re-created explicitly.