IOS 7 breaks SMS - Clarification

There is a problem with iOS 7 and perhaps the backend servers Apple uses. I don't fully understand the iOS iMessage architecture so can't confirm or deny this but from a user's perspective, it has broken a part of the ability to SMS an ex-iOS iMessage user.
Let me clarify.
First, conditions required for the broken SMS scenario.
User 1: A current iOS 7 iPhone user. I haven't tested this with users who are just on iPad so can't comment for iPad users. I'm going to call this user simply "User 1".
User 2: An ex-iOS iPhone user. I'm calling this second user simply "User 2". This user no longer uses iPhone but did at one stage and has the same phone number used when she was using the iPhone. I can categorically confirm this fictional user based on a real life person was using an iPhone 4 in the past and has now switched to another branded phone. This user can ONLY receive SMS and MMS messages. User 2 has not used an iPhone for several years now. She jumped from iPhone 4 during its first year of release to another brand and haven't looked back.
SMS is "short message service" and is universal in the world of mobile phones. No one needs to download another application to use it. Its just there. For ALL mobile phones regardless of brand.
The problem is when user 1 tries to SMS user 2. For some reason, Apple stores the phone number for user 2 and identifies it as an iMessage user. Even after several years of non-use. So when User 1 who has been a faithful Apple iOS iMessage user upgrades his phone to iOS 7, all of a sudden, the message client doesn't want to send User 2 messages via the SMS service anymore. It defaults to iMessage and it won't be discouraged to send it via SMS no matter what user 1 or 2 tries to do using the phones built-in configuration and settings. This issue occurs consistently for user 1 with iOS 7.
Prior to iOS 7, user 1 never has a problem sending an SMS to user 2. This is the bizarre bit. It appears as if the messaging client on Apple iPhones prior to iOS 7 tries to send an iMessage but somehow, it checks to see if user 2 (the recipient) is really connected to iMessage and falls back to SMS automatically. I am not sure what the logic is exactly but this logic has been taken out of iOS 7 and its Messaging client.
Documentation for iPhones (even the latest iPhone 5/5s), out of the box, don't tell anyone that they need to do anything if they ever need to switch out of the Apple brand. A message was meant to be just that. A message. Whether it was SMS, MMS, email or Blackberry Messenger (BBM), you decide you no longer want to use it, you just STOP using it and people can still reach you via SMS on another branded phone. This was the case prior to iOS 7. iOS 7 has broken this model requiring you all now to unregister/unlink yourself from its iMessage database. In my scenario, even after years of non-use.
You are now forced to go to https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do to unlink your iPhone if you're selling your iPhone or if you have already dispose of your iPhone.
I have heard advice (unqualified) that the iMessage service will unregister you automatically after 2-3 months but this obviously didn't happen for user 2.
Hope this clarifies the situation up for some users having issues with getting SMS messages when you are not currently using an iPhone.

Unlinking your phone number from iMessage
Here's a tip if you still have your iPhone. Perhaps you keep spare phones or you just haven't gotten around to selling it on eBay.
Go to: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Scroll all the way down to Additional Information.
Click on Unlink a phone number and follow the instructions there.
Be aware that if you own multiple iOS devices, the instructions indicate you may need to signout of iMessage and Facetime for all your iOS devices.
Note also that the above article also suggests changing your Apple ID password (if you still use iTunes or another iOS device) which might cause iMessage to stop working on your older device. I am going to add a caveat here by stating that on my friend's iPhone 4, she had no Apple ID associated with her phone and iMessage. The only association there in iMessage was a phone number so this may not work for you.

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