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The WhatsApp application is considered one of the most popular messaging applications in the world – but next week it will stop working on millions of smartphones. According to the company’s announcement, as of January 1, support for 47 device models will be discontinued – this is due to the obsolescence of the hardware or the operating system.
The WhatsApp company said that users who own devices that are no longer supported will not be able to download the application, create a new account or verify an existing account from another device. Also, those who do not back up their conversation history – will lose all the messages sent. It was also clarified that the users of these phones will receive a notification about the end of support before the application stops working.
“Devices and software change frequently, so we regularly check which operating systems we support and update. To choose what to stop supporting, we look every year which devices and software are the oldest, and have the fewest users,” WhatsApp said. “These devices may not have the latest security updates, or may be missing other functional components required to run the app.”
The complete list of phones where WhatsApp will stop working:
iPhone 5
iPhone 5c
Archos 53 Platinum
ZTE Grand S Flex
ZTE Grand X Quad V987
HTC Desire 500
Huawei Ascend D
Huawei Ascend D1
Huawei Ascend D2
Huawei Ascend G740
Huawei Ascend Mate
Huawei Ascend P1
Huawei Ascend D Quad XL
Lenovo A820
LG Enact
LG Lucid 2
LG Optimus 4X HD
LG Optimus F3
LG Optimus F3Q
LG Optimus F5
LG Optimus F6
LG Optimus F7
LG Optimus L2 II
LG Optimus L3 II
LG Optimus L3 II Dual
LG Optimus L4 II
LG Optimus L4 II Dual
LG Optimus L5
LG Optimus L5 Dual
LG Optimus L5 II
LG Optimus L7
LG Optimus L7 II
LG Optimus L7 II Dual
LG Optimus Nitro HD
Memo ZTE V956
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
Samsung Galaxy Core
Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
Samsung Galaxy Trend II
Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
Sony Xperia Arc S
sony xperia miro
Sony Xperia Neo L
Wiko Cink Five
Wiko Darknight ZT
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