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Ciarán Daly & Kate Lally

New WhatsApp setting could make your phone bill more expensive

Billions of WhatsApp users are set to receive an optional new feature that could hike up their mobile phone bills.

WhatsApp, which is the world's most popular messaging platform, is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to send much higher-resolution photos and videos. This will mean no quality is lost when things are sent from phone to phone.

But there's one catch, the Mirror reports. Sending High Definition (HD) content will use up a lot more data than standard files, so if you leave the option switched on you could soon use all your allocated data, meaning your bills could go up.

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