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In 2022, WhatsApp registered more than two billion users in the world.
75.5 percent of mobile Internet consumers in Mexico use WhatsApp.
In 2021, the WhatsApp usage base in Mexico amounted to 74 million active users per month.
Instant messaging platforms have become the best way to communicate around the world. That is why the number of WhatsApp users has grown, although for a few months the platform debugs the cell phones where they can be used.
Instant messaging is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. Since the appearance of smartphones and the subsequent explosion of mobile applications, Free or low-cost chat and social messaging apps have proven to be a cost-effective alternative to carrier-based text messaging via SMS.
Given this, instant messaging platforms have positioned themselves throughout the world, where Facebook Messenger is the second most used in the world. According to data from a DataReportal study recorded 1.3 billion users.
While the undisputed leader is WhatsApp, registering in January 2021, two billion users, where the use of the application it is particularly strong in markets outside of the United States and is one of the most popular mobile social applications worldwide.
Lists of cell phone models that will not have WhatsApp
Today WhatsApp is not only one of the most used instant messaging services in the world, but also one of the most downloaded applications. Where one of the secrets of its success is that the constant updates cause the end of support for some mobile devices, as will happen from September 30.
Let us remember that at the beginning, WhatsApp only offered to send and receive SMS, but over time and various updates, functions such as the Status and the possibility of joining groups of up to 512 members were introduced.
Among the improvements made by the platform, they require more performance from smartphones, so it is normal that many mobile phone models lag behind and cannot be updated, mainly because the operating system is outdated.
Devices with lagging operating system, and no longer compatible with recent versions, will be left without WhatsApp, are Android with version 4.0.1 or lower, and for Apple, with iOS 12 or lower.
These are the phones on the list:
huawei
– Huawei Ascend D2
– Huawei Ascend Mate
– Huawei Ascend G740
LG
– LG Lucid 2LG Optimus F7
– LG Optimus L3 II Dual
–LG Optimus F5
–LG Optimus L5II
– LG Optimus L5 II Dual
–LG Optimus L3II
– LG Optimus L7 II Dual
–LG Optimus L7II
– LG Optimus F6LG Enact
– LG Optimus L4 II Dual
–LG Optimus F3
–LG Optimus L4II
– LG Optimus L2II
– LG Optimus F3Q
Samsung
– Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
– Samsung Galaxy Core
– Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
– Samsung Galaxy Trend II
– Samsung Galaxy s3 Mini
– Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
iPhone
–iPhone SE
– iPhone 6S
– iPhone 6S Plus
Other brands
– Archos 53 Platinum
– HTC Desire 500
–Caterpillar Cat B15
– Sony Xperia M
– Wiko Five Five
– Wiko Darknight
– ZTE Grand S Flex
–Lenovo A820
– ZTE V956 – UMi X2
– Faea F1THL W8
– ZTE Grand X Quad v987
– ZTE Grand Memo
In conclusion, year after year the updates of digital platforms and especially technological ones are the most important in the world, since this can improve the user experience.
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