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Considering how useful WhatsApp is, many old phones are about to become useless. Brendon Petersen has a trick that can help.
WhatsApp will stop working on older smartphones as of January 1, 2021.
iPhone 4s and those running something older than iOS 9 and Android devices with operating systems prior to 4.0.3 (eg Samsung Galaxy S2), for many users, will be rendered useless on Friday.
WhatsApp has more than two billion users.
John Maytham asked tech journalist Brendon Petersen how to check if his phone will be able to run WhatsApp in the new year and how to make sure it remains compatible, if possible.
How to check what version of iOS an iPhone is running (and how to update it to the latest usable version)
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Look for the “settings” icon and tap on it
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Touch “general” (it is the first option)
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Look for the option “software update”
How to check what version of Android a phone is running (and how to update it to the latest usable version)
These are phones that are about a decade old. Those devices are not going to work …
Brendon Petersen, technology journalist
I don’t think we would ever have thought that we would pay R20,000 or more for a phone, but that’s what we are doing …
Brendon Petersen, technology journalist
IPhone users hang on to their devices for much longer.
Brendon Petersen, technology journalist
Listen to the interview in the audio below.
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