The tide shifting with Blackberry users going over to iPhones....
I guess I'm a bit surprised at the shift in the past year -- specifically because the reasons BB users stuck to their devices in the past are still there today (physical keyboard(on some models), email, bbm,etc.)
So, what is it? Is it just the mass media consensus that RIM is a sinking ship and/or iphones are just now seen as acceptable consumer + 'business' devices?
Hmmm?
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Feb-05-2012 18:26
7-4-7
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
not going to an iphone anytime soon....Tools, not toys for me.
Feb-05-2012 18:35
LightsOut
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Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Toronto/Berlin
The shift isn't as apparent as its often made out.
Blackberry is the most used smartphone in Canada, the UK and is outpacing apple in almost every developing market. Blackberry users grew by 35% last year alone. Yes, the iphone is the "in demand" phone right now and sales & market share reflects this, but it isn't exactly the one horse race the media often makes it to be.
Sidenote: the iphone 4, 3GS, & ipad have all been pulled from the German market after Samsung won a court order against them.
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why the christ do people find so much identity with a cellphone
anyways, I"m fucking lighting quick on my bb keypad (lol), bbm can be either super convenient or fucking annoying as hell, that "clink" sound can sometimes give me anxiety lol (as I think someone wants a reply instantly)
lol @ del starting a cellphone thread, the guy takes 3 days to reply to any msg u send him hahahah
Feb-05-2012 20:26
jon jon
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quote:
Originally posted by LightsOut
Sidenote: the iphone 4, 3GS, & ipad have all been pulled from the German market after Samsung won a court order against them.
OUCH
Feb-05-2012 20:27
jon jon
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Location: Footwork
sorry back to my point earlier, if BB drops the keypad I'm out so fast
Feb-05-2012 20:34
jester
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The End of Elsewhere by Taras Grescoe
I was talking to one of my fabric suppliers on Friday and he is like, I will never give up my BlackBerry. He went on like a 10 minute rant, how RIM should just be called BlackBerry and there should only be one phone the Bold and not like all the other models out there. Which I did agree with him, just RIM takes forever to update their OS though and specs. Plus he talked about how they should work on their ad campaigns.
OT: I might even get a PlayBook sometime in the near future, seeing it supports Android apps or I'll stick to waiting for a proper Android tablet.
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Feb-05-2012 20:37
jon jon
viva la clubland
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Footwork
fuck I really hate that martinez brother ad, makes me want to smash my blackberry and never listen to house music again
lol its SOOOOOOOOO AWKWARD
Feb-05-2012 20:45
mahalliner
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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Winnipeg/Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
sorry back to my point earlier, if BB drops the keypad I'm out so fast
That's a big deal for me. I'm not sure about touch-screen users on Android or iPhone but I appreciate being able to type without having to look at my keyboard the whole time.
Feb-06-2012 00:48
chinamon
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Markham, ON
im glad i dropped bb and got an iphone. it seems like a much more powerful phone especially when jailbroken.
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Feb-06-2012 02:12
Dior Homme
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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: Paris
I hate arguing with people over BB and iphone. I find a lot of people I have these discussions with just dont see the other side of the tech industry as well as the other side of BBs.
The tide shifting with Blackberry users going over to iPhones....
