Demdem:

Been using Whatsapp for close to 2yrs now, haven't paid a dime.

bombay: You been ripped off whatsapp is free

miky: This is serious cheating.. Charging for a damn app?? Even the download is free

bodmasfem:

sorry, hw do u get that frm glo?

1forall:

Of course it is free for the 1st year, and then $1 per year thereafter so I wonder why people are rejoicing over an obvious rip-off deal

ZUBY77: Forgive my ignorance but i thought whatsapp was free

Soso990240: What is whatsapp? Is it an application 4 music?

miqos02: guy no ripoff here, whatsapp is an application like opera,firefox. they are free to download but you subscribe to a data plan to use them

miky: This is serious cheating.. Charging for a damn app?? Even the download is free

Ukwu_Nnu: The level of ignorance being advertised on this thread is legendary!

Who did this to our educational system? Peeps can no longer read and understand simple english.

Who told you lot that airtel is asking you to pay to download or install whatsapp?
Do you guys normally use your whatsapp without paying for data initially? Oh, my bad! Some thought whatsapp is just a text message thingy that uses no data but still at that dont they pay for text messages?
I give up!

The level of 'dumbness' is now official!

ITbomb:
But you are paying for mb. Try using whatsapp when u have no mb and u will see ur credit flow

moshoodn:

Are you trying to amuse us?

Adeniyi A.:

a big rip-off if u ask me.
now lets do d the conversion,
$1(N160) per year.
and N100 per month =N1200 per year.
tell me which is better.
dis ppl are just playing wt our intelligence,do they think we're fools& unlearned or unexposed,or ar they trying to garner enuf cash be4 moble numbr portability n call rates reduction tsunami hit them?

Osyxcel:

It's only a matter of time.....watch out

Blazinraj01:
Truly, whatsapp is free. I have been using it for over 2years and when its time for the app to expire, it automatically renews. But you can't chat on whatsapp without airtime on your phone or mb. It makes use of both. If its not sapping your airtime, it using your mb.

Adeniyi A.:

a big rip-off if u ask me.
now lets do d the conversion,
$1(N160) per year.
and N100 per month =N1200 per year.
tell me which is better.
dis ppl are just playing wt our intelligence,do they think we're fools& unlearned or unexposed,or ar they trying to garner enuf cash be4 moble numbr portability n call rates reduction tsunami hit them?

puskin: Hmmm.....this has got me thinking. Dial a code and ur automatically activated to use whatsapp.

Why only whatsapp, why can't other apps make use of the code as well.

Therefore, this means that the code automatically opens the port whatsapp uses to transfer data.
If all the other apps that require data could be modded to use that same port, it then means I can welcome myself to..........


Hmmmm.......lemme put my theory to test.

Brainrex:

even my late granmama get sense pass u
Are we Nigerians this DUMB? smh

Adeniyi A.:

a big rip-off if u ask me.
now lets do d the conversion,
$1(N160) per year.
and N100 per month =N1200 per year.
tell me which is better.
dis ppl are just playing wt our intelligence,do they think we're fools& unlearned or unexposed,or ar they trying to garner enuf cash be4 moble numbr portability n call rates reduction tsunami hit them?

Adeniyi A.:

a big rip-off if u ask me.
now lets do d the conversion,
$1(N160) per year.
and N100 per month =N1200 per year.
tell me which is better.
dis ppl are just playing wt our intelligence,do they think we're fools& unlearned or unexposed,or ar they trying to garner enuf cash be4 moble numbr portability n call rates reduction tsunami hit them?

seunlayi: i have started considering getting another airtel sim after i have threw my last 3 airtels sims away. you guys dey make sence die-die. although, i don't Whatapp.

i believe anyone should understand what
it is airtel is trying to do here.

you have whatsapp already but they'e providing
an opportunity to use it for a fee outside your
usual data plan.

i do think its irrelevant though

+ this is just creating more avenue for
exploitation of the network(intentional if you ask me)

OCTAVO: I just found this on Airtel's Twitter page

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1039603_airtel_jpgd48dc2b1df6cfa64a356dc6aff8a63b9
https://twitter.com/AirtelNigeria/status/316601838973616128