Since many users are not aware about which models will stop supporting WhatsApp, the manager said, such users approach mobile shops for clarification. Manager of a mobile shop at the Lulu Hypermarket said his shop also gets a number of queries in this regard. 'Many expatriates also visit our shop with their smartphones just to enquire if their handsets were compatible to support WhatsApp in the long run,' the manger said. The mobile shop manager said that most of the queries were from expatriates as a large number of them use WhatsApp to keep in touch with their families back home. 'We receive a number of calls every day from residents asking us whether their smartphones would support WhatsApp after the deadline given by the company or not,' manager of Al Anees Mobiles, a mobile shop at Al Watan Centre in Doha, said.Īccording to WhatsApp, the decision to stop supporting some of the handsets was taken as older smartphone platforms can no longer keep up with the latest features being rolled out for the application. The same fate awaits all BlackBerry phones, Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60 after June next year. It said the app would no longer work on Windows Phone 7, Android 2.1/2.2 and iPhone 3GS/iOS 6 after December 31. The Facebook-owned messaging app has announced that it was dropping support for some older platforms by the end of 2016. With WhatsApp's deadline to pull support for a range of older smartphones fast approaching, mobile shops in Qatar are flooded with queries from anxious smartphone users.

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