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Telegram VS Whatsapp! Battle of the chat apps!! (2016)

2016-01-31 / / 0 Comments

WhatsApp is a popular texting message, and Telegram is an alternative of WhatsApp that has gained mainstream interest after the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook. While being really similar in features, I’ll be comparing them head to head so readers can have a decision!

Telegram VS WhatsApp

At the core, both applications are similar, they both serve the same purpose, chat apps!
There are some differences, let’s take a look at them!
I made a table of comparison based on information available at the moment.

 

Telegram VS Whatsapp comparison
Telegram VS Whatsapp comparison

Key points

While being very similar, whatsapp‘s killer edge is having voice calls, the option that Telegram doesn’t have and doesn’t plan on adding them to it’s feature set.

WhatsApp is many times more popular than Telegram, so it has a wider user base, and the devices supported by WhatsApp are much more than Telegram! (supports older model Nokia Asha and Symbian but only until the end of 2016!).
It requires updating very often and it’s hard to manage on a limited internet connection.

And the call quality is terrible for the same reason! So in the few months I had Whatsapp, I didn’t make a single call!

Another major draw is privacy concerns, Whatsapp edited the privacy agreement and shared data with it’s parent company (Facebook) which will use the data for “targeted advertising”.


Whatsapp has recently added Encryption, it’s not like the protection level that Telegram provides, but it’s a start (Telegram is an end to end application).

Telegramis focused on security and speed, it provides better security than WhasApp and the secret message option is something that WhatsApp doesn’t support!

File transfer is also a plus for Telegram, with 1 GB limit and any file type supported! Whatsapp is limited to media files (and pdfs).

Telegram‘s bot feature increases the application’s functionality much more than Whatsapp, these bots do many things like instant translation from inside the application, and the possibilities are endless!! You can get nice gifs just by writing @gif in the chat bar.

I think WhatsApp‘s main con is that it’s owned by Facebook, and Facebook is known for not respecting user’s privacy!

Verdict: WhatsApp remains on top by a slight margin! With call support and wider user base, WhatsApp is a better choice for communicating your loved ones. But if security is a concern for you then you have to sacrifice voice calls and use Telegram!

Why not download Telegram too? It’s free and more secure! And in the end your needs determine the winner of this bout!!

I personally prefer Telegram, but I have to be subjective!

After the latest updates, I removed Whatsapp once and for all, Telegram is the way to go.

What do you use? And what do you recommend? Tell me your thoughts in the comments section below!

 

WhatsApp is now free, no subscription fees what so ever!

2016-01-29 / / 0 Comments

WhatsApp is changing it’s payment policy to become totally free, before the first year was free and you had to pay 0.99 cents each year, but that is long history now!

In a recent blog post, the company addressed the current payment plan, they admitted the plan wasn’t going well, as many users didn’t have credit cards or debut cards (I for one don’t have one of those), and those people were wondering if they were going to lose service after the first year. This lead to the change we all witnessed, WhatsApp is free now!

You might be wondering, and it’s a very legitimate question, how is WhatsApp going to pay for it’s services?

It’s not going to be paid by ads, it’s paid by “testing tools” for communicating with organizations and companies, so in another way WhatsApp now is a beta and you are the tester!

It’s not bad, my concern is the privacy policy as it’s owned by Facebook, if you want a truly secure messenger, there is Telegram.

I think a head to head post is due between Telegram and WhatsApp.

Until then, how do you feel about WhatsApp becoming free?

How to fix the mixed numbers on Android issue?

2015-12-18 / / 0 Comments

You got your new Android phone, you pop in the SIM card and expect everything to work like it should, but it doesn’t!

The issue

Your numbers are mixed, you don’t remember any of them and every call is a guess!


How to fix this annoying bug?

Will to begin with you need to transfer your numbers from the old phone to the new one properly, putting the new SIM in won’t just fix it!

Step to repair

  • You need to get the SIM out, delete all the numbers on the phone and slide the SIM in again.
  • It will work and all of the contacts will be sorted, and even across apps like Whatsapp and Viber.
  • That’s all there is to it!

I know it’s really simple and barley counts as a fix, but it worked for me! And I didn’t find it on line (I looked and found no solution!) so I had to post, maybe someone in my place does a little research on line and finds it.

If that didn’t work (although in my case that was more than enough to fix it) I suggest you look into a transfer wizard depending on your phone type, and consulting the dealer is always good especially if the phone is under warranty.

I hope you find it useful, please leave your comments below.

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Life after leaving “the book”

2015-10-20 / / 0 Comments
It’s been a few months since I deleted my Facebook account once and fo rall. I felt that Facebook took away my friends and a big part of my life and productivity, but my friends and acquaintances felt differently..

Many of them felt that I didn’t want them in my life, or thought I was being a jerk for unfriending them (take this seriously! People were killed for unfriending some people!) and the general attitude was very unfriendly.

In short, I had no social life (ironic isn’t it?)

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that some people who have my number, email, know where I live still want to have me on Facebook when they could just call me and get this over with!

Social stigma

I’ve been called a nerd for not having a Facebook account (kind of weird isn’t it) and many people are staying away because I don’t have an account on the site, while there are many social options to choose from. One statement in particular I found really alarming as one of my friends said after I deleted my Facebook I went “off the grid”, so Facebook is the grid now? This friend has my number and knows my website, how can I be off the grid if my blog is active?
I prefer to have real friends, like the ones you had before signing up to Facebook, people to meet and talk to, not some avatar and a couple of likes!

Chat Apps

I agree that chat apps help communicate people in an effective cost efficient type of way, I don’t believe that the cost should be one’s life!
I missed out on many announcements and events, because it’s so much easier to create a page than to have a proper website. Where I live many companies and government offices use Facebook to communicate with customers, and to be able to know what’s going on you need to have an account, and from what I saw, people don’t have Facebook accounts, Facebook has people!
It owns them and I simply refuse to be treated that way!
And just for the record, Facebook owns Instagram and Whatsapp.
I say what’s next!!

Final words

While my friends and acquaintances continue to live the way Mark wants them to live, succumbing every last bit of detail voluntarily to the site, I remain to be the holdout, while Facebook continues to expand eating away all competition, I’ll be watching it, living it, and not posting about it..
There are tons of chat apps out there where you can chat without being owned.

**An update: Facebook went out for 21 minutes on September the 25th, so many people were lost and confused!

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