Why doen't iphone receive texts from other iphones.

I have recently bought iphone 5C for the first time, I have had an ipad for a long time which I use for imessages through wifi.   I thought that when I am out and about away from wifi I would receive sms/text from other iphones like I had with my previous basic mobile, but this doesn't happen, although I can send texts to other iphones.  Also when I return to a wifi area imessage that have been picked up by my ipad then don't appear on my iphone.  When both the iphone and ipad are using wifi when an imesssage is received the message appears on both devices.  Is this usual as I would like to receive texts from other iphones as it could be important. 

Is iMessage turned on your phone?    It doesn't sound like it.
I would disable iMessage on BOTH your iPad and iPhone.   Enable it on iPhone first, then iPad 2nd.
Try again and let us know if it's working properly.

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