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6/14/2017
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The company said the service will be suspended for devices running BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Nokia Symbian S60
Posted on 13 Jun 2017, 10:05 AM
The WhatsApp instant messaging application will stop working on some phones as of June 30. The company said the service will not run on devices running BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Nokia Symbian S60 from the end of the month, and advises users to upgrade smartphones to more up-to-date models.
WhatsApp claims that these systems, because they are old, have limitations for the development of new security technologies. The company had announced the decision to suspend support for these platforms earlier this year, along with the end of version support for other operating systems.
Also studying the shutdown of the application version for Nokia S40, but there is no prediction how this will happen. Other releases whose shutdown was also announced - such as Android prior to 2.3.3, Windows Phone 7 and iPhone 3GS / iOS6 - have not yet had a deadline set by the company.
According to the WhatsApp, the decision was "difficult" but necessary because of the changes in the market that made these devices lose space for other technologies. "When we started WhatsApp in 2009, the way people used smartphones was very different from what it is today. The Apple App Store for example, existed only a few months ago. About 70% of the smartphones sold at the time, had operating systems developed by BlackBerry and Nokia, "the company said in its blog at the time.
Source: Veja
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