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picture messaging

British  

noun

  1. the practice of sending and receiving photographs by mobile phone

  2. the practice of communicating by mobile phone using graphics or pictures rather than text

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T-Mobile says its system will allow for text and even picture messaging, but voice calls and data won’t be coming until later.

From The Verge • Sep. 6, 2022

Mr Rad said that that picture messaging - which has proven incredibly popular, as Tinder's Los Angeles neighbour Snapchat has demonstrated - would allow users to form more "meaningful relationships".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2014

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