Why does iMessage not recognize all other iPhones?

I have an iPhone 4S and when I try to send an iMessage to a another person with an iPhone [not sure which model but it is a little older] it will not let me. It says "XYZ is not available for iMessage." I know for a fact that I have the phone number correct and even have the Apple ID the other user has registed with apple entered and still no dice. Any help would be appreciated.

rry4 wrote:
I am not sure, but I am assuming the if answer to all of those questions is yes then iMessage would work, correct?
Yep, and if the answer is no to any of those questions, it won't work.

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