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Hello here,
help me understand why I can’t have WhatsApp that stands alone without necessarily having to scan QR code to transfer chats from iPhone.
second concern is wht iPads can’t support cellular calls or sms even when there is provision for sim card for some ipads
iPad Air 2, iOS 11
You can't have the WhatsApp app on your iPad because Facebook who owns WhatsApp hasn't released one for iPad. And this is likely because WhatsApp uses a cellular telephone connection, which no iPad has.
To your second question, the answer is because iPad does NOT have a cellular radio like a cell phone. Yes, you can get a cellular iPad with a Sim Card, but the sim card is for Data connectivity ONLY, not for cellular phone connection.
You can't have the WhatsApp app on your iPad because Facebook who owns WhatsApp hasn't released one for iPad. And this is likely because WhatsApp uses a cellular telephone connection, which no iPad has.
To your second question, the answer is because iPad does NOT have a cellular radio like a cell phone. Yes, you can get a cellular iPad with a Sim Card, but the sim card is for Data connectivity ONLY, not for cellular phone connection.
Not sure I understand your questions but your first seems like one for WhatsApp, so best ask them. As for your second query what do you mean by "wht iPads" and by support of cellular calls? Do you mean why can't iPads make and receive cellular calls? Simple, because they're not designed to.
WhatsApp only works with mobile phones (requiring a mobile phone number), and all the workarounds are third party apps. You’ll need to ask Facebook. I tried WhatsApp Web but the link doesn’t seem to provide that service any more.
Scanning the QR code to use WhatsApp desktop for Windows or MacOS is how the developers of WhatsApp have designed their computer App to connect to their service and your account. If you do not like that method of pairing a computer with your WhatsApp cellular telephone service account, then you would need to discuss that with WhatsApp.
Apple has nothing to do with how WhatsApp or their parent company, FaceBook, design their own software(s).
WhatsApp compatibility among other limitations
