HARIANHALUAN.COM – WhatsApp (WA) diligently discontinues its service support on several Android and iOS phones every year. The criteria for cellphones that are stopped by WA services are cellphones with old school operating systems. In the latest regulations, WhatsApp only supports phones running iOS 12 to later, Android 4.1 to newer, and KaiOS 2.5.0 or later.
Quoting from detikINET Friday (17/6), the party WhatsApp uncover this fact through the FAQ page. “To choose what to discontinue support, every year we, like other technology companies, look at what devices and software are the oldest and have the least number of users,” he said. WhatsApp.
“These devices may also not have the latest security updates, or may not have the functionality required to run WhatsApp,” he continued.
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This WA support termination is always notified to smartphone users via the application if their cellphone will no longer be supported, along with a reminder to update their cellphone operating system. If your cellphone doesn’t get the latest operating system update, you inevitably have to buy a new cellphone.
The following is a list of smartphones that cannot use WhatsApp again in 2022.
- Samsung: Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core dan Galaxy Ace 2
- LG: Lucid 2, LG Optimus F7, LG Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 Dual, Optimus L3 II, Optimus L7, Optimus L7 II Dual, Optimus Prime L7 II, Optimus Prime F6, Optimus L4 Optimus L2 II, Optimus Prime F3, Optimus L4 II, Optimus L2 II, Optimus Prime F3Q HD, Optimus Prime F3Q
- Sony: Xperia Miro, Sony Xperia Neo L and Xperia Arc S
- ZTE: ZTE Grand S Flex, ZTE V956, Grand X Quad V987 dan ZTE Grand Memo
- Huawei: Ascend G740, Ascend Mate, Ascend D Quad XL, Ascend D1 Quad XL, Ascend P1 S, dan Ascend D2
- Other devices include Archos 53 Platinum, HTC Desire 500, Caterpillar Cat B15, Wiko Cink Five, Wiko Darknight, Lenovo A820, UMi X2, Run F1 and THL W8
- iPhone 3G
- iPhone 3G
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5 (support will be discontinued after October 24, 2022)
- iPhone 5c (support will be discontinued after October 24, 2022)
- iPhone 5S
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6S
- iPhone 6S Plus
- iPhone SE
This is the list of smartphones that will not be supported by chat application services WhatsApp again in 2022.
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