Ka taƙaita labarin:  WhatsApp ya zarce saƙonnin wayar hannu na gargajiya a karon farko yayin da masu amfani ke aika saƙonni biliyan 30 kowace rana. Aikace-aikacen yana ba mutane damar aika saƙonni da hotuna ta hanyar intanet ba tare da cajin kuɗi daga mai ba da hanyar sadarwar su ba. Yawan shahararsa ya ga mutane suna aika saƙonnin WhatsApp biliyan 30 a rana a shekarar da ta gabata, idan aka kwatanta da saƙonnin rubutu na SMS biliyan 20, a cewar binciken da The Economist ya yi. WhatsApp ya zarce na gargajiya wayar salula saƙonnin rubutu a karon farko kamar yadda masu amfani aika 30 biliyan saƙonni a kowace rana. Aikace-aikacen aika saƙo sun fashe a cikin shaharar a cikin 'yan shekarun nan godiya ga ci gaban wayoyin hannu da 3G da 4G da ke ba da damar haɗin intanet mai sauri. Amma an yi hasashen cewa matakin zai shafi kamfanonin sadarwa sosai. Kamfanin bincike na Ovum ya gano cewa raguwar amfani da sakonnin rubutu na gargajiya a madadin aikace-aikacen aika saƙo an kiyasta cewa zai kashe masu samar da hanyoyin sadarwar wayar hannu dala biliyan 54 nan da shekarar 2016. WhatsApp yana da fiye da masu amfani da miliyan 450 a kowane wata kuma yana da'awar cewa a halin yanzu yana yin rajistar sabbin masu amfani da miliyan daya a kowace rana. A watan da ya gabata, Facebook ya sayi WhatsApp, wanda aka kafa shi ne kawai a shekara ta 2009 a kan dala biliyan 19 - mafi yawan kuɗin da aka biya don kamfani mai goyan bayan jari-hujja. A cikin wata sanarwa da ke sanar da yarjejeniyar, wanda ya kafa Facebook Mark Zuckerberg ya bayyana ayyukan WhatsApp a matsayin'mai matukar muhimmanci'. WhatsApp yana da fiye da masu amfani da miliyan 450 a kowane wata kuma yana da'awar cewa a halin yanzu yana yin rajistar sabbin masu amfani da miliyan daya a kowace rana. Yana samun kuɗi ta hanyar cajin masu amfani da kuɗin biyan kuɗi na $ 1 a kowace shekara, kodayake yana ba da samfurin kyauta kuma.
Masu amfani da WhatsApp sun aika da sakonni biliyan 30 a bara idan aka kwatanta da sakonnin rubutu biliyan 20. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da manhajar aika saƙo ta wuce SMS na gargajiya. An kiyasta cewa matakin zai kashe masu samar da hanyoyin sadarwar wayar salula dala biliyan 54 nan da shekara ta 2016.