Heksmeester
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Anyone using WhatsApp on their phones? How much data does it use to get the messages across?
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Yes, me and most of my friends use WhatsApp - saves me plenty of money!
I suppose it uses more or less the same as mxit, but it's nothing compared to a sms! (don't know exactly how much)
One thing that I can say about WhatsApp is that it shortens your phones battery life by quite a lot.
I suppose it uses more or less the same as mxit, but it's nothing compared to a sms! (don't know exactly how much)
One thing that I can say about WhatsApp is that it shortens your phones battery life by quite a lot.
marine1
Honorary Master
It wipes it out, same on Blackberry bold 9700
APoc184
Honorary Master
I use it on my Blackberry Torch to chat with friends using iPhones. Only time it will use a lot of data is when you send pictures.
Re: Battery Life. I've seen no difference in battery life on my Torch since I started using it. And it is constantly running in the background. I still get maximum 2.5 days out of my battery when not using it extensively.
Re: Battery Life. I've seen no difference in battery life on my Torch since I started using it. And it is constantly running in the background. I still get maximum 2.5 days out of my battery when not using it extensively.
Y'all Qaeda
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I had it installed. Wasted about R15 a day. Just dissapeared. Since deleted, I have more use of my airtime. So thanks, but no thanks.
marine1
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Thats why Blackberry is so awesome 
Y'all Qaeda
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Thats why Blackberry is so awesome
Nah. I just reverted to email. Plus, emails I can ignore. An annoying pop-up that makes a sound like a dying banshee is quite tricky to ignore.
Rocket-Boy
Honorary Master
I use it on my iphone, its the shizz. Doesnt shorten battery life at all but then I dont run it all the time, it sends push messages on iphone so you only open it when you need it.
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Rocket-Boy
Honorary Master
R15 a day? that means you either sent alot of pictures, did voice on it or spent every minute of every day typing away. Text based stuff is really tiny and with data charges being R2/mb at their worst that means you were using 7.5mb of data a day. This I cant understand.
Heksmeester
Senior Member
How is that possible? The app doesn't need to remain open in order to receive messages. Good to know about the data costs being so low. Everyone should get this, seriously.
Y'all Qaeda
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Nope. I installed it merely as a trial. I didn't add any contacts in there, the app added some defaults, but if I sent 2 messages a day, that would've been a lot. That thing is a black hole of airtime.
i think your confused
i send about 100 -150 messages a day on whatsapp... and use 10 megs a month (R20).
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
Nonsense.
iPhone WhatsApp is awesome. Saves tons of airtime since most people with smart phones have it too.
There are sometimes problems with Blackberry users - strange behaviour and delayed messages. Very seldom though.
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kingrob
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I'm using WhatsApp on my HTC Desire HD & it's absolutely fantastic. I can send pictures, music, videos, documents, etc.
This is definitely the future & I predict that SMS & MMS will completely disappear in the years to come.
You'll just have a voice bundle & data bundle - and that's all you will need. Even voice bundles might disappear & then you just buy a data bundle that suits your needs.
This is definitely the future & I predict that SMS & MMS will completely disappear in the years to come.
You'll just have a voice bundle & data bundle - and that's all you will need. Even voice bundles might disappear & then you just buy a data bundle that suits your needs.
IceDreama
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Well I've had whatsapp installed on my iPhone for nearly 4 months now. I've sent and received over 3000 messages and its only used 6 mb (it has a data usage monitor in the app) so that's cost me R12 for 3000 messages. Not sure where you get yourstats from but it definitely wasn't whatsapp using R15 per day.
Y'all Qaeda
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i think your confused
i send about 100 -150 messages a day on whatsapp... and use 10 megs a month (R20).
Nonsense.
iPhone WhatsApp is awesome. Saves tons of airtime since most people with smart phones have it too.
There are sometimes problems with Blackberry users - strange behaviour and delayed messages. Very seldom though.
That was my experience. Ever since I had on my phone. For the week I had it, my airtime dropped with approx R15 a day. I'm not subscribed to any VAS bs and it stopped the day I deleted the stupid app.
Great for the guys for who it works.
I won't touch it again with a barge pole.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
Something else must have been eating your airtime. Oh well, your loss if you think it was WhatsApp.
Rocket-Boy
Honorary Master
It was most likely something else causing that, or recurring messages trying to send or something along those lines. You should try it again. Under normal use as mentioned above it is very lightweight and works very well.