expired WhatsApp Messenger Free iOS!
This was posted 9 months 29 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
AffiliateI've been tracking this for a long time and it's finally FREE again!!
Last time it was free was in January 2012 so better get it if you haven't already.
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+6 votesIf you check the reviews for this app you'll see it started spamming users 24/7 with messages about winning free iPads. The messages can't be blocked. They either got hacked or sold on the contact details of all their users and hence generated some revenue. Either way, I don't like being woken up with spam at 3am so I became an ex-user.
+8 votesillumination on 25/07/2012 - 14:59 ¶So you can keep in contact with your iFools and iFools only..
I've had issues whilst connected to the wireless in my house, other times when I've had a perfect 3G connection. Sometimes I can maybe 1 or 2 bars of 3G and it'll work. So it's not the connection that's at fault here.
When I'm trying to send photos and they don't work through iMessage, WhatsApp will send them immediately without any issues.
I now primarily use WhatsApp, with whoever I can, and have turned iMessage off completely.
+4 votescruise control on 25/07/2012 - 16:37 ¶I just wasted one of my 12 free Kleenix tissues dabbing it on my screen
alwayseric on 25/07/2012 - 14:31 ¶i thought it was always free.i have this app on both iphone and sgs2
+4 votesillusionarybreeze on 25/07/2012 - 14:37 ¶On Android, it is free for the first year, then $0.99 per year after that
+3 votesCorrect… on Android its free for first year, then 99c per year after that … HOWEVER, my 1 year came up a few months ago and they gave me a free renewal for another 1 year. Giddy up!…
Note: Would have definitely NOT paid for Whatsapp, esp now that other similar apps, like Viber (latest update), also have similar functions (like group chat), on top of their free calls.
thxsmileys on 25/07/2012 - 14:44 ¶Great app that provides group conversations.
But with the recent Viber update that now has group conversations. I cannot see the need to have whatsapp installed anymore.
LoopyLou on 25/07/2012 - 14:52 Comment score below threshold (-5).
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+2 votesOr at least his iPhone thinks they all have iPhones.
There were issues where people changed from an iPhone to another platforum phone but iMessage thought they were still using an iPhone. Hence the iPhone user thought they had sent a message to their contact but it never arrived and never got sent as an SMS either.
+1 voteObviously you have no idea how iMessage work, you just send a message to your contact. If that person have iMessage it will send through iMessage and will show up as Delivered if that person received it, otherwise it will send via SMS… its automatic. You can choose not to turn on iMessage.
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@huu - Obviously YOU have no idea how iMessage works, or rather doesn't work:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/144968/imessage-problem
http://memeburn.com/2012/03/the-problem-with-imessage/
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3861963?start=0&tstart=... 
This is known problem. If it has been registered previously, it will default as iMessage and send an SMS fee afterwards without your knowledge, despite having this feature disabled. The other issues i observed when testing is when 1 IOS 5 phone is unreachable, it will attempt to send as iMessage but convert to SMS after certain time without ur knowledge. IMHO, it is unreliable & occasionally i have the odd SMS 50c charges pop up in my bill.
- +1 votesuperforever on 25/07/2012 - 15:22 ¶
I have just installed Viber on my Nexus Jelly Bean but it won't run and crashed.
+1 voteWeChat sounds good
"You must be at least 17 years old to download this app.
Frequent/Intense Sexual Content or Nudity"- -1 vote
LINE is a Naver Japanese Product and Wechat is subsidary of Tencent Ltd, also the parent Chinese company of QQ which incidentally if no one knows, is a combination of twitter/facebook/whatsapp etc & a user base that outnumbers the 3 combine.
They are mainly used within the demographic community but have in recent times, more adopted into the Western world. There is also Kakao ,a Korean equivalent. They are free and i have personally used all 3 which in opinion offer better functionality than whatsapp who have got greedy in recent times. Strongly recommend them but unfortunately, humans are creatures of habit, is so annoying having to maintain so many. 
humdingaling on 26/07/2012 - 16:38 ¶wechat
has on top of regular text/group textpush to talk messaging
which has low data usage compared to hideous whatsapps voice recorderimages/videos sharing
newly added video talk (iOS only at the moment)free on android and iOS
User homepage (like FB), photo management, emoticons, groupings, search functionality (see who's nearby), etc … quite innovative, they've integrated every social platform you can think of & made it fun.
Give it go, it's light years ahead & you'd quickly realize whatsapp have gotten lazy & greedy. Only trouble is convicing pple to get onto it.
- cruise control on 25/07/2012 - 16:32 ¶
Last time it was free was in January 2012 so better buy it if you haven't already.
By buy you mean receive for free? Yeah I'll take one thanks!
- +1 votekangaberries on 25/07/2012 - 18:35 ¶
Not officially, you need to jailbreak and install some other thing I can't mention to use it.
+2 votescamelgrass on 25/07/2012 - 19:31 ¶kangaberries 5 hours 3 min ago
I've been tracking this for a long time and it's finally FREE again!!
Last time it was free was in January 2012 so better get it if you haven't already.You make it sound so dramatic/sensationalist. It's normally only 99c anyway, so really such a big deal?
Thanks for posting for benefit of OzB users, good deal!!
I just hope there aren't people out their waiting more than 6 months to save just 99c!! I can't believe how many are going ape*hit over 99c.
- +7 voteskangaberries on 25/07/2012 - 20:24 ¶
I didn't wait 6months I already had it way back, I only track apps to see whether prices will drop. I only stated its been that price since Jan cause its a long time and people are just voting it up cause its a great app for free.
- +5 votescamelgrass on 25/07/2012 - 21:31 ¶
I agree, good app and even better for free. Even though it's already available for free for phones other than iPhone.
It's just an interesting observation into the OzB user psyche when they'll easily fork out $800 for an iPhone and then go crazy over a 99c app!!
- kangaberries on 25/07/2012 - 22:14 ¶
Well we can't exactly help it if WhatsApp decide to give apple users an apple tax :/ I find that kind of a dog move.
But yeh its funny this app gets a lot of +'s
POWERevolution on 26/07/2012 - 03:34 ¶this is great app but just beware i received lot of spam lately
Not sure about iOS version but I had it on my android and un installed it after a few days because it was constantly waking up my phone from deep sleep and draining battery. For what is a very simple app, it uses a lot of battery in the background even when you don't use it much.
pogichinoy on 30/07/2012 - 15:36 ¶Useful for IM communication with overseas friends where international SMS does not apply to unlimited plans.
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I wonder what drives their revenue/bottom line when they neither earn regular income from apps nor display advertisements.