Im really surprised they've lasted this long.
So Blackberry 10 didn't reverse BlackBerry's slide into irrelevance?
Who could've possibly predicted that?
I'm shocked. No really. This is my shocked face.
They need to release a phone with a bigger screen and quad core processor.
They didn't even make it to 2.7 million sales. Remember, that number is devices shipped. It may not be much different with how many they actually sold, but it may be quite a bit different. I guess it could be as much as 30% lower.Oh man, they didn't even make it to 3 million sales.
My god that's terrible. They didn't even bother to divy up device sales, except that their low end devices still sell more than the BB10 phones.
And their subscriber base continues to drop.
IHateMyJob2004 should be along any moment now to tell us this is all just smoke and mirrors. Blackberry will be stronger than ever!
Very few cell phone manufacturers companies can survive on that scale anymore. Apple is as safe as any company can be, Google is stable, but Microsoft's partner Nokia is in danger and I agree that it's just a matter of time before RIM goes under.
What's surprising to me is that they are still clinging to their OS. There just isn't any room for 4 OSes in this market, not unless there is some truly innovative feature that would drive the masses to buy BlackBerry once again. The two things BlackBerry did well were email (which all smartphones handle adequately now) and physical keys (which are irrelevant, but also available on numerous other brands).
I expect Microsoft to survive, but they are learning to be quicker with reinventing their Windows ecosystem, and Windows Phone 8 should at least keep them in the game. The best thing that could happen for RIM right now is for their patent portfolio to be bought up by Microsoft. I don't see anything else they can really offer, and maintaining their independence might their downfall if their new platform fails.
Who will be the white knight to buy RIM?
He probably will. He has a vested interest, he's the primary person keeping this thread alive.
Now it's pretty much only Canadians and some Europeans who are interested in Blackberry devices. Blackberry/RIM should never have ceded that ground by taking so long to get things right, it almost would have certainly been better if they did smaller incremental updates than a massively late-to-the-party launch of a new OS. Blackberry can survive, they just need to shrink and be more of a developer playing on multiple platforms than a device manufacturer, which I think they partly realize themselves (BBM is going cross-platform). Kind of like how SEGA still exists as a video game developer though they no longer manufacture consoles. And odd comparison, I know.
Nobody ever talks about them either.
But India and other developing countries dude!
There are a billion people (living in poverty) who need phones and can't afford highly subsidized phones like iPhones and Samsung Galaxies! Blackberry si hueg in those countries, yo.
May 2013 U.S. Smartphone Market Share:
Android 52.4%
Apple 39.2%
BlackBerry 4.8%
Microsoft 3.0%
http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Pr..._2013_U.S._Smartphone_Subscriber_Market_Share
Unlikely another company will buy RIM. More likely buy their assets and let RIM fold.
IHateMyJob2004 should be along any moment now to tell us this is all just smoke and mirrors. Blackberry will be stronger than ever!
My biggest worry with BB right now is they seem to be abandoning their service revenue business. That's what has kept them around and is what will keep them around.
Huh? They announced that is ultimately going to zero months ago. It's being replaced by BES10 and revenues from the blackberry store (apps, music, movies, etc)