History repeats itself every year: WhatsApp publishes a list of devices that are no longer compatible with the app for X reasons. These reasons may be operating system, not having powerful enough hardware or not having the necessary certificates. The company has just released a list of 49 smartphones that are obsolete to use WhatsApp. The deadline will be the day December 31, 2022. If your smartphone is on the following list, you will not be able to use the app from that day on.
The “good” news is that they are quite old smartphoneswhich have run out of software support and have hardware that is too basic to be able to use whatsapp correctly. The most normal thing is that you do not use one of these devices and you have updated years ago.
The 49 smartphones that are left without WhatsApp in 2023
The January 1, 2023 the following 49 smartphones are officially left without WhatsApp. The list is official and the company itself has been in charge of publishing it. There are Apple, Huawei, LG, Samsung or Sony devices. Some of them were very popular in their day. Today it is difficult for them to be main smartphones.
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- Archos 53 Platinum
- Grand S Flex ZTE
- Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
- HTC Desire 500
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Mate
- Huawei Ascend P1
- 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
There are devices that were released over 10 years ago, as is the case with the Samsung Galaxy S II. With this number of years it is normal that they stop having support from important applications. Many of them have not seen a single one for nearly 10 years. android update.
You already know: if you have one of the terminals on the list WhatsApp will stop working on December 31, 2022. If you want to continue using the app you must change your smartphone. Do you have one of these terminals?