| I remember a few years ago when people bought 10MB. And WhatsApp for a whole week. In fact, till today, my dad doesn't subscribe for data. He uses WhatsApp on a PAYG basis which would be financial suicide with other apps or browsing the web. For instance, Skype can eat 1mb+ just by launching it on Windows. WhatsApp is fast and easy on resources. I know someone who still uses WhatsApp on blackberry bold! Skype on the other hand takes forever to open and a few more to connect on a 1GB ram phone. The only time skype beat WhatsApp on speed of launch was when it was baked into the bareboned SMS app on WP. One area where WhatsApp stands heads above the rest for me is notification. It's timely, and doesnt get lost. Notification counts are accurate unlike skype which always displays (1) pending even if you have 10 new messages - even On desktop. WhatsApp understands the market better than the rest who mistakenly believe that the rest of the world has similar high, reliable, cheap network speed/ fast devices. It makes me wonder why they all collect usage, device info, network data... at all. |