The little green logo of a text balloon with a phone is widely known under young smartphone owners. WhatsApp is a cheap application allowing users to communicate freely.Not everybody is thrilled with this relative newcomer in the land of social media. Company owners complain that it keeps workers from doingtheir jobs andparents complain that students forget about their homework.-Lorraine Josiane Manishatse
Here are the WhatsApp pros and cons to help you decide your next chatting app. Consider them while looking for a WhatsApp alternative. Which is better - Viber or WhatsApp for a modern smartphone? Which messenger is most convenient for communication, sharing photos and videos?
Pros And Cons Of Whatsapp
There are many software programs to transfer WhatsApp messages like chats from Android to iPhone. Here we list the top 5 WhatsApp transfer tools for you. WhatsApp enables businesses to create a branded identity through a business profile. This means that every time you message your customers, they will see your business name rather than an.
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone application that works on iPhone, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.The application enables users to exchange instant messages with their contacts. Users can also transfer multimedia files, such as videos, images, and even voice notes.What makes it interesting is that it does not require pins nor usernames.Whatsappis widely known as ausefultool for fast and inexpensive communication.
According to AloysHakizimana, an International Communication Consultant and part-time Lecturer at the Université du Lac Tanganyika, everyone wants to use WhatsApp because it is an instantaneous communication tool.“Everyone who wants to be up to date, uses it,” Hakizimana says. For him, to communicate is indispensable as we communicate in order to satisfy our basic needs. “If someone doesn’t communicate, he can’t achieve his objectives”, he points out.
However, like many tools for communication and social media, WhatsApp has a downside.
“Often I surprise receptionists chatting with their friends, responding to messages orwatching video and pictures sent on WhatsApp,while there are clients waiting to be served”, a company owner in Bujumbura complains. “It is a big challenge in runningmy business, because they can’t give enough information about our products to customers when they pay more attention to WhatsApp.”
He believes every business owner should take special precautions concerning social media, for example banning the use of smartphones during working hours.“If they don’t use it carefully and responsibly they risk undermining the work of the company”, the businessman emphasizes.In many organizations it is already forbidden for employees to communicate on social networks, stating that WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype and Viber applications are slowing down the company’s performance.
Hakizimana, the communication consultant, believes that if the employer uses this directive, his workers will feel trapped and productivity will decrease. “Communication creates a sentiment of safety. A happy and fulfilled, motivated employee who can communicate freely will increase productivity”, he reckons. The consultant suggests that adopting a participative approach between employers and employees by instituting new media and communication tools inside the organization’s structure may increase productivity. Regulating use is more effective than banning it altogether.
The widespread use of WhatsApp also concerns many parents. They fear that their children might fail in school because of WhatsApp.
“Fortunately, it is not allowed to use phones at school”, TherenceNtahimpera, a father living in Ngagara, says. “But after classes our children are deeply connected to WhatsApp. They forget about their homework.”
According to him, parents should pay more attention to the time their children spend using this application. Here, the communication expert agrees, saying that a child who communicates instantaneously, efficiently and in a regulatory mannershould have no problems succeeding in school. Regulating the time spent on social media is a good idea, but, he warns parents of excessive interference in their children’s social life. “If parents forbid their children to communicate through social media, the children will only spend more time trying to get around their parents’ rules”,Hakizimanaconcludes.“Instead, they could be studying.”
Whatsapp had become the largest messaging platform all around the world. Whatsapp Inc. was founded by Jan Koum and Brain Acton, who was the former employees at Yahoo Inc. Whatsapp was initially started for Android mobile devices and soon come over to Windows, Symbian, iOS, Blackberry OS. This further helped it to increase its popularity through out the world. It is processing more than 30 billion messages everyday and this made Facebook- the largest social networking website to purchase this application at a handsome price of US $19 billion on 19th February, 2014. Facebook will generate a good business out of and will compete with other messaging app vendors without too much effort.
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Whatsapp
Some of the great advantages of using Whatsapp are:
You can easily send free messages to any part of the world without any charges. This service is completely free.All tools provided by Whatsapp are very easy to use.It do not have any advertisements on display screen.This app automatically imports the contacts from your phone and tells you that how many of your friends are using Whatsapp.You can share your location, photos, status with your friends.You need not spend any money for chatting and sharing with your friends.It also allows you to send 100 messages a month to any of your friends not using Whatsapp for free.
Disadvantages of WhatsApp
Everything having a plus point also has some negative points too. So here are some of thedisadvantages of this brilliant app:
You can chat to friends that only have smart phones supporting this application and to friends having their account on Whatsapp. You can just send 100 messages in a month to friends not having Whatsapp on their phone.You must have access to internet to send and receive messages for free and the messages are also not sent to the phone inbox.You need to pay $0.99 for renewal after every year.You cannot call using this app to your friends for free.Your profile picture is visible to every person having your contact number and using this app, whether known by you or not.Conclusion
Whatsapp is a great application that provides you with the best benefits that an internet messaging app can provide you. You can easily send enough unlimited messages to your Whatsapp friends. This could have been even better, if the app would have provided you with the facility to send unlimited messages through out the country or world for free to any number.