WhatsApp Calling for BlackBerry 10, Z10 First impressions
I am like one of those people who abuses WhatsApp, and I had someone pestering me and asking if I got the update to
voice-call feature since it came out for Android.
So yesterday one of my bud called me through WhatsApp (Android, Galaxy Note 3) and I was able to answer the call. But nothing else happened,there was nothing coming out of the incall speaker and I had to end the call because it would be pointless having my phone to my ear sitting like an ***** not saying anything.
However though, I updated a couple of apps today through Wi-fi, I usually do OTA. I decided to do WiFi- cause I was way beyond my data threshold limit.
Then BHAM!
There's a green phone icon, next to my pal's name on WhatsApp (in the chat window).I was like "eh?" so, I told my pestering friend who happens to be a girl (you know how they get) that I got the update and she went bat **** crazy (her brother lives in Ukraine and she has to call him, and at the rate in which carriers in India are offering international calls, having a feature which lets us call through the web for an application a large amount of people use is a relief)
So I played around the feature a little bit and here are my impressions:
1.Okay, the call feature is spotty.
2.If you get a call from someone, most of the time you either hear 'static' or "he--- lll ----ooo ---www" and even if you manage to hear words rather than syllables, its like someone is speaking through a tube or a funnel.
3.You call someone, you don't get a ring but beeps. Like, I dont know if the other end is actually busy or ringing it goes "beep-beeep-beeep" and after 30 seconds or so it just hang up automatically
4.When you get a missed call, on WhatsApp you get a notification though, like an ordinary missed call should give you but when you click on the "View" button, nothing happens.
These are things I found out, maybe its my update or phone.
Phone: Z10 STL 100-1
Network: BSNL India 3G