A majority of smartphones that will lose WhatsApp support are quite old at the time of writing this article and some of them are even a decade old (iPhone 5). One of the primary reasons why these smartphones won’t be supported is that they haven’t been updated in a very long time. Whatsapp will now only be supported on devices running at least Android 5.0 Lollipop or iOS 12 or later. Here’s the complete list of all the mainstream iOS and Android smartphones that won’t be able to use WhatsApp starting 31st December, Apple
iPhone 5 iPhone 5c
Archos
Archos 53 Platinum
ZTE
ZTE Grand S Flex ZTE Grand X Quad V987 ZTE Memo V956
HTC
HTC Desire 500
Huawei
Huawei Ascend D Huawei Ascend D1 Huawei Ascend D2 Huawei Ascend G740 Huawei Ascend Mate Huawei Ascend P1 Huawei Ascend D quad XL
Lenovo
Lenovo A820
LG
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
Samsung
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
Sony Xperia Arc S Sony Xperia miro Sony Xperia Neo L
Wiko
Wiko Cink Five Wiko Darknight ZT
Clearly, the percentage of users running these old smartphones is extremely low. Consequently, removing WhatsApp support seems to be another push to force these users to upgrade to a newer smartphone.
