Sikhuluma kakhulu ngeBlackBerry muva nje, kungenxa yokwethulwa kwamatheminali amasha, ngenxa yamamodeli amasha azokwethula emakethe ngekhibhodi ebonakalayo ... Manje sekuyisikhathi sokungakhulumi ngamamodeli wamanje, kepha mayelana namamodeli amadala. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-WhatsApp imemezele, njenge-Skype, ukuthi izoyeka ukuhlinzeka insizakalo kumadivayisi anezinhlelo ezindala zokusebenza, njenge ama-smartphones ane-Android efinyelela ku-2.2, i-iOS 6, i-S40 ne-S60 kusuka ku-Nokia, BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone 7 ne-BlackBerry OS. Kepha abasebenzisi balezi zingqalabutho zomakadebona basazokwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa iWhatsApp ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, ngenxa yokwengezwa i-WhasApp esanda kumemezela ngalaba basebenzisi.
Emazweni amaningi, ikakhulukazi lawo aneminotho esakhulayo, ukufinyelela kumatheminali anezici eziningi kusalinganiselwe kakhulu futhi ukuphela kwamatheminali angatholakala kungasekho ezandleni noma kungamatheminali atholakele asebenzisiwe nokuthi okwamanje ayikho enye indlela etholakalayo.
Kodwa icala leBlackBerry 10 liyashayisa, uhlelo olusebenzayo neBlackBerry luzamile ukuthola isabelo semakethe futhi ukusebenza kwayo kufana kakhulu nalokho kwe-Android, empeleni kusivumele ukuthi sifake izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Android ngokwenza ukulungisa okuthile. Umnqamulajuqu omusha omenyezelwe yiWhatsApp ungoJuni 30, 2017. Ngalolo suku, abasebenzisi abasaqhubeka nokusebenzisa amatheminali angathathwa njengalabo abasekelwa yiWhatsApp ngeke besakwazi ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza.
I-WhatsApp akuyona eyokuqala futhi ngeke ibe ngumthuthukisi wokugcina ilahla ipulatifomu, ngenxa yokuthi ayisasebenzi nokungakwazi ukunikeza izindlela zokuphepha ezahlukahlukene esinikezwa isibuyekezo esisha ngasinye. I-Skype ingenye yezinsizakalo okwamanje ezimise ukusebenza kuma-terminals anenguqulo ye-Android engaphansi kuka-4.1, ngesizathu esifanayo ne-WhatsApp.