1. You'll be stuck in update limbo. It's a simple fact that a cheap new phone that is still running Android KitKat is never going to be updated to Android Lollipop. With Android 6.0 Marshmallow already out, and appearing on more and more devices, it's safe to say that if a phone is still sitting on KitKat, it's not going anywhere in a hurry.
In a recent announcement, WhatsApp stated that it will end support for smartphones running on Android OS version 4.1 and older after October 24. "To choose what to stop supporting, every year we, like other technology companies, look at which devices and software are the oldest and have the fewest number of people still using them. But you should be worried about 2023. That's when the S10 will get demoted to biannual security updates (or lose support entirely). At that point, you will absolutely want to upgrade your phone. It may still work properly, but it won't be shielded from new hacks, malware, and exploits. If you plan to stick with Samsung, I suggest holding out For Android users, WhatsApp now supports Android 4.1 (launched in 2012) or newer. To put that in perspective, if you own a Samsung Galaxy S2, you should be able to upgrade to Android 4.1.2 quite easily, but all the other models preceding it won't support WhatsApp. Similarly, for iPhone users, WhatsApp now supports iOS 10 (launched in 2016) or Reddit users and 91mobiles have learned that Google will no longer let you sign into the company's apps on devices running Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) or lower from September 27th onward. However, those of us with a Pixel 4 or newer are still in the game: Pixel 4. Pixel 4 XL. Pixel 4a. Pixel 4a 5G. Pixel 5. Pixel 5a 5G. Pixel 6. Pixel 6 Pro. Pixel 6a. Samsung Galaxy devices that sSQefb.