What smartphone will no longer be available the WhatsApp

The responsible of the application WhatsApp decided that they would stop support for BlackBerry devices until the end of the year, according to a report of mashable.
The app is celebrating its seventh birthday this year, and intends to make several upgrades and changes, including the abolition of the possibility of installation on Blackberry devices. In addition the you will happen on the devices Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60 and old Android versions (Android 2.1 and 2.2), according to the same publication.
The devices “don’t provide the kind of capabilities we need for the extension of the application as it will appear in the future,” reports the relevant publication for the termination of the application on specific versions. “This was a difficult decision we had to make, but it is the correct one, in order to give people better ways to be in touch with friends, family and loved ones using WhatsApp application”, indicate the charge according to the publication, and recommend users to use a new, upgraded device, in order to continue using the messaging service.
As reported by mashable, this may not seem like a great loss, but if you consider that the Facebook Messenger that is also a messaging app, has 900 million. users exchanging over 10 billion. messages, then the interruption of the application WhatsApp is a huge loss for BlackBerry.
This is the most recent “hit” for this company that once (7 years ago) held 70% in the smartphone market and currently has less than 1%. Users, however, remain attached to the BlackBerry and are not intended to part with them should know they will be able to use the application-specific message exchange until the end of the year.

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