Sharing Photos and Videos

You can take a photo or make a video (iPhone 3GS only) from within Messages and include it in your conversation with another MMS-capable device. You can save photos or videos you receive in Messages to your Camera Roll album.

If MMS isn’t supported by your carrier, the button doesn’t appear and you can’t send photos or videos.

Send a photo or video: 

Tap and tap “Take Photo or Video” (iPhone 3GS only; on earlier models, tap “Take Photo”) or “Choose Existing” and select an item from a photo album and tap Choose.

The limit to the size of attachments is determined by your carrier. If necessary, iPhone may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see Camera.

Save a photo or video attachment to your Camera Roll album: 

Tap the photo or video in the conversation, tap , then tap Save Image or Save Video.

Copy a photo or video: 

Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Copy. You can paste the photo or video to an Mail message or another MMS message.