How To Install WhatsApp In An Apple IPhone 5s

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How to install WhatsApp in an Apple iPhone 5s

Last update: May 28, 2025 by DevicesFAQ.com Editorial Team

WhatsApp is the most widely used instant messaging app in the world, with billions of active users. Owned by Meta (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger) since 2016, it's an essential tool for communicating with friends, family, and colleagues.

Having WhatsApp installed on your Apple iPhone 5s allows you to send messages, make free calls and video calls, share photos, videos, documents, and much more, all with a simple and fast interface.

In this tutorial, we explain step by step how to download, install, and configure WhatsApp on a iPhone 5s in just a few minutes.

WhatsApp is no longer compatible with this iPhone 5s since it can currently only be installed on devices that support version 15.1 of the iOS operating system. More information.

Table of Contents:

• First method
• Do you want to install WhatsApp Business on an Apple iPhone 5s?
• User questions and problems

Estimated time: 5 minutes.

1- First step:

Install WhatsApp in your iPhone 5s It is a very simple task and it will only take you a few minutes. First find the “App Store” application on the Apple iPhone 5s home screen and press to open it.

2- Second step:

Click on the magnifying glass or search button in the bottom right of the screen of the iPhone 5s.

3- Third step:

In the text field that appears under “Search” write “WhatsApp Messenger” and select the first option or press “Search” on the keyboard.

4- Fourth step:

Press “Get” to begin the download and installation of the WhatsApp messaging application on your iPhone 5s. It will take a few minutes or seconds depending on your internet connection since you will have to download several megabytes.

5- Fifth step:

Once installed you will see the option “Open”, if you wish you can return to the home screen of your Apple iPhone 5s, you will have the green WhatsApp icon on this screen, if you do not find it, drag to the right until you find it. Open WhatsApp.

6- Sixth step:

Accept the WhatsApp terms and conditions, click “Agree and continue”.

7- Seventh step:

Enter your phone number, check that the prefix corresponds to your country. You will receive an SMS in that phone number so it must be correct and you must have access to that number, if it's your iPhone 5s's phone number the app will automatically read the SMS and confirm that it is correct, in case that you do not have to enter the code received by SMS.Press Ok or Next.

8- Eighth step:

Enter your username, the name you want to appear to your contacts on WhatsApp. You can also upload a photo to be recognized.

9- Ninth step:

Press continue and you're done, you already have WhatsApp installed and configured in your iPhone 5s with the operating system iOS 7| upgradable to iOS 10.3.2. Start writing to your contacts by pressing the button +.

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In your iPhone 5s you can store WhatsApp photos, videos and voice notes thanks to its internal memory 16 GB/32 GB/64 GB.

You can connect your iPhone 5s through Wi-Fi thanks to its connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n| dual-band| hotspot and download all the photos and videos of WhatsApp.

If you need to check the WhatsApp from your iPhone 5s anywhere you can use the network connection HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps.

You can have two WhatsApp accounts in your iPhone 5s thanks to its 1 SIM cards with which you can have 2 phone numbers.

You can also make video calls from your Apple iPhone 5s through WhatsApp thanks to its 1.2 MP| f/2.4| 31mm| 720p@30fps| face detection| HDR| FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular selfie or front camera and its LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 4.0 inches (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio) 640 x 1136 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density) screen, if you want to know how to make video calls from WhatsApp or using other applications see the following tutorial: Video calls on Apple iPhone 5s

Do you want to install WhatsApp Business on an Apple iPhone 5s?

The procedure is the same, simply search for “WhatsApp Business” in your app store Apple and download it. WhatsApp Business is the enterprise version of WhatsApp, with it you can talk with your customers through this messaging app. You can have the two applications installed on the same device iPhone 5s.

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