Hi there,

I've been using Whatsapp for few months now and it's absolutely great. For all the unsure and newbies - check out their official website and Facebook fan page and all your questions will be answered. Best part is they keep updating new features every now and then, its very useful and unique. Your contact list will slowly grow. Be patient hehe

Anyways, back to my real question, a friend of mine who uses Whatsapp in Malaysia has gone to Europe for a 2 week holiday. Using a iPhone 3GS with roaming enabled on Maxis. Question is: would it be cheaper to turn on data roaming to send Whatsapp back to Malaysia (unsure what the data usage is going to cost though) OR; to just send an sms which cost around RM1 for each sms sent from Europe.

Any experienced advise is appreciated. Thanks

Thanks for the info. I saw that displayed on their site. Only issue is, my friend is just going through europe on a holiday hence spending a day or two often at a location hence it doesnt make sense to sign up for each country's price deal. Moreover my friend is already abroad so I wouldn't be able to call on my friend's behalf anyway.

I suppose for my situation, only solution now minimize whatsapp'ing to keep data roaming low and sms in the mean time. Or occasionally find some free wifi portal somewhere. Fun part about whatsapp is you can immediately send pics (one of many examples) of their travels whilst chatting which is pretty cool.

Thanks anyway

Thanks for the advice. Yea I suppose turning on data roaming could be fatal on your phone bill with some of the apps looking to download info. My friend has been turning it on just to whatsapp then turn it back off. But yeah I guess its safer on the wallet if just sms and only use whatsapp if there is free wifi in the area.