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WhatsApp Inc., the Facebook-owned company behind the eponymous direct messaging app, will stop supporting iOS 7 (and older versions) from February 1, 2020. While Android users are relatively safe for now, people stuck on Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread (and older versions) will also lose support from February 2020, as announced earlier. Of course, if you’re still using Android Gingerbread in 2020, you probably have more things to worry about than WhatsApp messages. While the aforementioned versions of iOS and Android will still be compatible with the app for the next year and a half, the app-maker says that some of the  features of WhatsApp  may stop working any time, as it isn’t actively developing for these platforms any more. Meanwhile, if you’re still using Nokia S40 for some reason, you are basically living on borrowed time, as the platform is slated to lose support on December 31, 2018. According to a post on the official WhatsApp support site, the following platforms are depre

The JioPhone has given millions of citizens in India an affordable means to communicate and access the Internet. It’s a smart feature phone and the ecosystem of apps has been expanding steadily with the release of popular apps like  WhatsApp , Facebook, and  just recently  YouTube. The latest addition to this roster could be well-known caller ID and dialer app Truecaller. JioPhone ( or more specifically KaiOS ) could join Android, iOS and the web as a source for new users and crowd-sourced data for the company. Manan Shah, Truecaller’s Marketing Director, told Beebom that  the Swedish company is in early discussions with Reliance Jio to port the app to JioPhone and JioPhone 2,  and it could be well on its way over the coming months. We are already in talks with Jio right now to create an app for the JioPhone. We are working with them. There’s currently no timeline for when the caller ID app will find its way to JioPhone but the availability of Truecaller’s massive phon

Nubia launched the Snapdragon 835-powered  Red Magic  gaming smartphone in April earlier this year, but the device has so far been available only in China. That is about to change, as the company plans to bring the stylish gaming smartphone to the Indian market next month. Sources close to the company have told us that Nubia plans to launch the Red Magic gaming smartphone around mid-October in India. The Red Magic would mark the return of the Nubia brand to the Indian market after a lengthy hiatus. Nubia has been conspicuously silent since the past few quarters after launching a host of stylish devices such as the Nubia M2, Nubia Z17 Mini and the Nubia N1 among others. It now appears that Nubia is looking to stage a comeback in the Indian market with the Red Magic. The Nubia Red Magic, despite featuring a yesteryear’s flagship processor, comes with top of the line hardware, which you can check out below: Dimensions 158.1 x 74.9 x 9.5 mm Weight 185 g  Display 6.0-inch Full-H

Samsung has today announced the Galaxy A7 , the company’s first smartphone to feature a triple rear camera set-up. The Galaxy A7 flaunts a dual glass design with a side mounted fingerprint sensor and comes with features such as Bixby, Samsung Pay, Samsung Health and Dolby Atmos audio among others. The Galaxy A7 packs a  6-inch Super AMOLED Infinity display  and is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz. However, Samsung has not specified whether the device packs a Snapdragon processor or an Exynos SoC, and also, the processor powering the device will vary depending on the market. The Galaxy A7 packs 4/6 GB of RAM and 64GB/128 GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 512GB via a microSD card. The device packs a 3,300 mAh battery and runs Android 8.0 Oreo on top of Samsung’s own custom UI. Coming to the Galaxy A7’s standout feature, the device packs a triple rear camera set-up, which is a first for Samsung. The smartphone’s imaging hardware consists of a  2