Every smartphone owner has been put on the edge by a recent announcement that one of the most used mobile messaging apps will be making some important changes in November 2021. Whatsapp, it has emerged, will be disconnecting some smartphones from their data base. In this article, we have listed the names and models of all the phones that are set to not work with Whatsapp any more.
Starting in November 2021, more than 50 phones will be unable to use or download WhatsApp. Facebook owns Whatsapp, a popular social media app.
According to the website, phasing away support for older iPhone and Android handsets will help keep the software secure.
However, in order to access the service, phone users must update their Android and iOS versions to at least 4.1, according to the website.
These are the phones that will be affected.
Here is a complete list of the phones that are affected.
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 6S
- iPhone 6S Plus
- Galaxy Trend Lite
- Galaxy Trend II
- Galaxy SII
- Galaxy S3 mini
- Galaxy Xcover 2
- Galaxy Core
- Galaxy Ace 2
- Lucid 2
- Optimus F7
- Optimus F5
- Optimus L3 II Dual
- Optimus F5
- Optimus L5
- Best L5 II
- Optimus L5 Dual
- Best L3 II
- Optimus L7
- Optimus L7 II Dual
- Best L7 II
- Optimus F6, Enact
- Optimus L4 II Dual
- Optimus F3
- Best L4 II
- Best L2 II
- Optimus Nitro HD
- Optimus 4X HD
- Optimus F3Q
- ZTE V956
- Grand X Quad V987
- Grand Memo
- Xperia Miro
- Xperia Neo L
- Xperia Arc S
- Alcatel
- Ascend G740
- Ascend Mate
- Ascend D Quad XL
- Ascend D1 Quad XL
- Ascend P1 S
- Ascend D2
- Archos 53 Platinum R
- HTC Desire 500
- Caterpillar Cat B15
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight
- Lenovo A820
- UMi X2
- Run F1
- THL W8
If your phone is listed here, please make sure you get another smartphone to avoid access denial to WhatsApp.
Source: Nyscinfo