WhatsApp offers discounts on renewal payments
It seems that the decision of WhatsApp of charge your service it is final. And not only because I no longer forgive a single case in which, previously, renewed for one more year for free , but has decided to include discount plans for the most reticent users when to make the payment A decision that only highlights that WhatsApp is and has always been paid, but that can also help to those people who maintain the psychological barrier about the cost of an application that they previously used totally free
These discounts have reached the platform Android by way of of update of this application. Thus, users who have downloaded version 2.9.3936 will find a renewed Account Information screen , within the menu Settings It now shows the date of completion of the free service or purchased by the user , the telephone number to which said account belongs and, as a novelty, two more options when renewing the service: one renewal for three years and one renewal for five years Longer periods of time than in previous versions and which also offer adiscount in the final price.
Thus, while, to date, it was only possible to renew the service for a year for a price of 0.89 cents , it is now possible to choose these longer periods by applying a discount that would reduce the price to 2, 40 euros for three years of service, and the 3, 34 euros in the case of acquiring a time of use of WhatsApp for five years That is, a discount of 27 cents in the first case, and of 1, 11 euros in the second on the usual price. Undoubtedly, a strategy that could tempt users to choose the longer period to avoid thinking about renewals in five years, also knowing that it is the best option with higher discount
But this update for Android has not only brought discounts on payment It has also included the visual redesign of the application that had already been seen in the version of WhatsApp published several weeks ago on your own website Thus its appearance perfectly matches the Holo style , which is present on terminals with Android 4.0 and later versions. Finally, and although it has no relevance in Spain, the language Vietnamese has been included and corrections of small errors and malfunctions have been madeof previous versions. Something quite common in all updates of any application.
Therefore, it is clear that WhatsApp is an application paidand that your benevolence in paying to renew the service for another year has endedNow it is up to the user to choose what discount and period of time is most tempting Although we must commend that WhatsApp worry about offering this kind of discount, allowing you to save a few cents and get rid of having to renew for periods to users who want to not worry The version 2.9.3936 of WhatsAppcan now be downloaded for free, at least for one year, from Google Play