How to Send a Picture Message on the iPhone 5

Your iPhone 5 offers a lot of ways that you can share information and content with other people.

Whether it’s through email, social media apps, or text messages, there are multiple options for letting people see the things that you have created.

Our tutorial below will show you how to send a picture message on the iPhone 5 by following a few short steps.

How to Share a Picture in an iPhone Text Message

  1. Open Messages.
  2. Open the conversation where you wish to share the picture.
  3. Touch the Photos icon.
  4. Select the picture(s) that you wish to share.
  5. Tap the Send button.

Our guide continues below with additional information on how to send a picture message on the iPhone 5, including pictures of these steps.

Your iPhone 5 camera is a pretty capable part of the phone, so you will find yourself taking more and more pictures with it.

But you may be struggling to figure out how you can share those pictures with your friends and family.

Luckily there is a pretty simple way to send an existing picture from your iPhone 5 via the Messages app on the device. Read below to learn the process necessary to send a picture message from your iPhone 5.

You can also configure your iPad or iPad Mini to receive messages that are sent through iMessage. This is a helpful way to view and manage text messages when you might have a different device in your hands.

Old Method – How to Text Message a Picture from the iPhone 5 (Guide with Pictures)

It is important to note that you can only send picture messages to people with cell phones that are capable of receiving them.

Most newer phones include this functionality, but if you are attempting to send a picture message to someone with a phone that can not receive picture messages, then they will simply not receive the message.

So once you are confident that your recipient has a device that is capable of viewing your image, you can follow the steps below to send an iPhone 5 picture message.

Step 1: Open the Messages app.

Open the Messages app
Open the Messages app

Step 2: Tap the New Message icon at the top of the screen to compose a new message, or select an existing conversation with your intended recipient.

Create a new message, or select an existing conversation
Create a new message, or select an existing conversation

Step 3: Tap the Camera icon to the left message entry field at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the camera icon to the left of the message field
Tap the camera icon to the left of the message field

Step 4: Select the Choose Existing option.

Note that you can also select the Take Photo or Video option at this point, but this tutorial is going to focus on sending a picture that already exists on your iPhone 5.

Select the Choose Existing option
Select the Choose Existing option

Step 5: Select the album containing the picture that you want to send.

Select the album containing your picture
Select the album containing your picture

Step 6: Tap the thumbnail image of the picture that you want to send.

Step 7: Tap the Choose button at the bottom-right corner of the screen to insert the picture into your text message.

Press the Choose button
Press the Choose button

Step 8: Type any text that you want to include with the picture, then press the Send button.

Add any text, then hit the Send button
Add any text, then hit the Send button

Now that you know how to send a picture message on the iPhone 5, you can start sending your pictures to your contacts using text messages.

We have previously discussed how to take a screenshot with your iPhone 5. If you want to share a picture of your iPhone 5 screen as a picture message, you can use the information in that article in combination with the information in this article to perform that task.