With this, WhatsApp in iPhone ownership system will be the same as on Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry. Users can use it for free in the first year and each subsequent year are required to pay approximately U.S. $ 1 or $ 9,500.
WhatsApp January Koum CEO said the system per year subscription is only valid for new customers. Koum not explain why the company is changing the model of purchase. "We just want to keep things simple," said Alexander Klöpping Koum told Dutch journalists, as quoted by TechCrunch, Monday (03/18/2013).
He could not confirm the exact date of the payment system change WhatsApp on iPhone, but it sure will happen in 2013. "We have not set a date, but for sure this year," says Koum.
