Upgrade Your Older Mobile Phone

In Everyday Life, amid us everyone is using the WhatsApp; a popular messaging app. WhatsApp was started in 2009 and has completed seven years of its service. During this period, a lot of updates came. Today’s WhatsApp is very different from the previous version. Every new version came with new features including security. WhatsApp has taken a tough decision keeping in view of providing better features. It will not run on the old phones after new coming updates from WhatsApp. Just like the messages and audio calls, video calling is end-to-end and some features like in Snapchat will be included in the next coming versions. WhatsApp will provide new features which would not be supported by older mobile phone.

All types of old smart phones platform will be affected by this change by WhatsApp. Users of older Android, iOS, Windows phones and others featured phones like Symbian will be affected. Smart phones having Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 will no longer be able to support WhatsApp. Windows phone will have to be upgraded beyond Windows Phone 7.1 to. Apple users with iOS 6 will not be able to run WhatsApp on their phone. If you are using one of these older mobile phones, it is suggested to upgrade your smart phone with latest Android, iOS or Windows phones. WhatsApp will end support for its service on the following mobile platforms:-

1. BlackBerry OS
2. BlackBerry 10
3. Nokia S40
4. Nokia Symbian S60
5. Android 2.1
6. Android 2.2
7. Windows Phone 7
8. Phone 3GS/iOS 6


All user of above mobile phone will surely face harsh after stop of WhatsApp service. WhatsApp offers end to end encryption on smart phones as well as featured phones as well. After December 2016, everyone using WhatsApp will be forced to opt for new mobile phones supporting a newer version of Windows, Android or iOS. In order to make these old phones, some development could be made by third party. But third party application is never recommended as once the service is stopped by WhatsApp, older smart phones could create a security threat..

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