IMessage sending to non-iphone?

Hi there,
I've been using iMessages to contact people on my iPhone.
One of my contacts has just switched from an iPhone to a S4.
However, my iPhone still sends iMessages.
I've deleted and readded the contact several times, yet it keeps sending iMessages.
Any solutions?
Thanks.

They need to disassociate their phone number from their iMessage account.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5185

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He needs to unregister iMessage on his old iPhone if he still has it. If not, he'll have to call Apple to have them disassociate his # with iMessage.
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