Why does it send as an imessage when my friend doesnt have an iphone anymore?

Hello,
So my friend used to have an iphone but then he switched to a non iphone but still uses the same number, whenever i try to send him a message it still sends as an imessage and he neevr gets it unless i keep on holding the message then send it as a text message. otherwise he will never get the message? he told me that they deactivated the number on his iphone and transferred it to his new phone. so idk why it still does that?

Because your friend did not deactivate iMessage before getting rid of the iPhone. Your friend now has to call Apple and ask them to deactivate iMessage for the account.

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