“Customers outside of Japan are pretty confused as to why Apple would leave the Emoji icons out of the update for everyone else. Emoji literally means “Picture Character” and in Japan, they are a staple of text messaging culture.,” Hadar reports.
“Software developer Steven Troughton-Smith explains how to enable Emoji icons system-wide,” Hadar reports.
Full article with link to the instructions here.
Apple’s Knowledge Base article “iPhone: Troubleshooting Emoji issues” (TS2450) is here.
Apple’s Knowledge Base article “iPhone: Mail or SMS messages may include special characters if sent from Japan” (TS2404) is here.