Phones Abandoned By WhatsApp

WhatsApp founded by Jan Koum began its journey in 2009 somewhere in india. Whatsapp today, happens to be the most popular mobile chat application. It’s concept, it’s design, it’s technology is unique and have changed the way communication flow from one person to another.

No longer do we have to wait for days or hours to access our mails. Rather, transfer/sending of Messages, Photos, Videos, audio have been made easy. The messages, Photos, Videos, Audio get to the receiver right on the spot. All that is required is for the phone to support or have Whatsapp application on it together with an active internet connection.

Most phones created today are being designed to support this mobile application (Whatsapp). In fact from my little observation, I found out that most people who want a new phone always ask if the phone supports that mobile application (WhatsApp). 

Bad News

As the year 2016 comes to a close, certain number of phones will no longer support this beautiful application that has change the way we communicate.

On the list, we have:
BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10
Nokia S40
Nokia Symbian S60
Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
Windows Phone 7.1

Come to think of it:
BlackBerry: Though am not a fan of BlackBerry but I must commend them. They started well, they

We taught they were going mad but I think Blackberry was already mad with their design. As a matter of fact they believed their design was the highest and refused to act when the likes of Facebook and Whatsapp were coming on.

came out with a unique design (BBM) and they conquered a lot of market with their technology. We could identify their users as they were always recognize with one slogan “What’s your BBM number?”

As at now, Facebook is out of blackberry. Whatsapp is about to follow. Who knows what next?

Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60
I attended a Digital Marketing Training Course and our lecturer said, Nokia were busy building rugged phones while the market was looking for something else. People were busy looking for phone with more features that can actually make their life easy. Nokia on the other hand was busy throwing down their phones from 50 stories to check the ruggedity of their phones.

The question here is would you rather get a rugged Nokia phone or a slick slim android phone that can do a lot for you?

Windows Phone 7.1
Am not sure a lot of people on this part of the world uses a window phone. If they don’t then I think they might not be able to operate it. I will just go ahead and skip this.

Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
I would classify this as the initial design/creativity that brought about the design of what we have today. They are allowed to go.

For the fact that you are not using any of these phone doesn’t mean you are ok. As new products are produced daily the old one’s will have to make way, but for now Blackberry, Nokia, Android and Windows users should start thinking of what to do or do you want to stay a day without Chatting? Don’t think so.