WhatsApp will soon stop working on some smartphones permanently.
Few weeks ago, the world shook after the App stopped working, hence affecting businesses and communication with family members and friends.
Just after it got restored alongside Facebook and Instagram, and we assumed things are back to running smoothly, The Sun announced that over 40 different smartphones are expected to be affected.
“Popular Android phones will lose access, including the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Huawei Ascend Mate. For Apple, it’s an iPhone 4 or older. And if you’ve never updated your iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone SE (2016), you’ll lose access until you update,” Daily Sun explains.
Here’s a list of phone expected to be affected starting from the 1st of November, 2021:
iPhone
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6S plus
- iPhone SE
Samsung
- Galaxy Trend Lite
- Galaxy Trend II
- Galaxy SII
- Galaxy S3 mini
- Galaxy Xcover 2
- Galaxy Core
- Galaxy Ace 2
LG
- Lucid 2
- Optimus F7
- Optimus F5
- Optimus L3 II Dual
- Optimus F5
- Optimus L5
- Best L5 II
- Optimus L5 Dual
- Best L3 II
- Optimus L7
- Optimus L7 II Dual
- Best L7 II
- Optimus F6, Enact
- Optimus L4 II Dual
- Optimus F3
- Best L4 II
- Best L2 II
- Optimus Nitro HD
- Optimus 4X HD
- Optimus F3Q
ZTE
- ZTE V956
- Grand X Quad V987
- Grand Memo
Sony
- Xperia Miro
- Xperia Neo L
- Xperia Arc S
Huawei
- Ascend G740
- Ascend Mate
- Ascend D Quad XL
- Ascend D1 Quad XL
- Ascend P1 S
- Ascend D2
Other smartphones
- Alcatel
- Archos 53 Platinum
- HTC Desire 500
- Caterpillar Cat B15
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight
- Lenovo A820
- UMi X2
- Run F1
- THL W8
