WhatsApp вече няма да се предлага на BlackBerry и NOKIA от края на 2016 г
La finalul acestui an, posesorii de telefoane mobile / smartphones BlackBerry и NOKIA vor fi nevoiti sa faca o investitie si sa-si schimbe telefoanele daca mai doresc sa foloseasca aplicatia de messenger, WhatsApp.
Intr-un anunt recent pe pagina oficiala a aplicatiei, se anunta incetarea suportului pentru aceste telefoane mobile. Ca o clarificare, este vorba de toate smartphone-urile BlackBerry si vechile telefoane NOKIA care ruleaza Symbian или Java. Nu vor fi afectate smartphone-urile NOKIA care au fost dezvoltate sub Microsoft.
Afectate vor fi si vechile versiuni de Windows Mobile si Android. Asadar, WhatsApp nu va mai fi disponibil pe BlackBerry 10, Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 7.1, Android 2.1 и Android 2.2.
Compania (Facebook Inc.) anunta ca in urma cu sapte ani, cand a fost lansata aplicatia WhatsApp, aceste telefoane ocupau 70% din piata, insa in ultimii ani lucrurile s-au schimbat major, iar la ora actuala telefoanele inteligente dezvoltate de Google (Android), Apple (iOS) si Microsoft (Windows Phone) ocupa peste 99.5% din piata.
“When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today. The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70 percent of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia. Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft — which account for 99.5 percent of sales today — were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time.”