[E10CDM]

Got tipped the other day that a large corporate BlackBerry user in a "developed " country is considering replacing their +1000 Curves (OS5/6) finally by.. Q5s very soon (before all those 8900/9300s brick or die from age )

Z10 was evaluated, mixed reviews, and Q10 might be judged to expensive for a company wide deployment (one model only..)

Was surprised, since Q5 still needs to launch and is aimed at developing countries according to BlackBerry, but replacing outdated 8900/9300s at this scale might be an interesting business case, and give full OS10 / BES10 capabilities at half the price of a Z10/Q10 deployment

Alternative of BOYD, preferred by many employees (BlackBerry lost its coolness factor over here years ago) expected to be more expensive/complicated and less secure / more hassle for ICT support...

Big question of course: will they allow users to pick colour themselves, including pink, or will they get special company colour such as yellow (batch of +1000 devices, so why not?)

Any more companies around you know off considering this large scale lower budget corporate deployment of BB10?

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[MC_A_DOT]

Tipped by who? Sources???

I like the Q5...its not aimed at just developing countries, I'm sure it will be available in the UK too.

[E10CDM]

Tipped by who? Sources???

I like the Q5...its not aimed at just developing countries, I'm sure it will be available in the UK too.

someone from the IT-department of that company, involved in the selection proces; cannot mention names etc, thinks as issuing a new corporate phone is as sensitive as reorganising the company or having people move offices: everyone has an opinion, and you only hear the people who complain, the happy ones stay mute..

[Korepab]

That sounds great! I'm sure BlackBerry has close contacts with corporations. I hope what you are saying is true!

The more BlackBerry 10 devices out there, the merrier.

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[Skeevecr]

I would expect to see this pattern repeated in plenty of companies and even with the lesser specs than the q10, it will be a huge upgrade from much older os5/os6 devices and hopefully it will work wonders for improving the perception of BB with users who think that such old devices are what BB is actually like.

[erobert7]

Tipped by who?

[E10CDM]

Tipped by who?Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more

see my anwer above...
btw, KPN now appears to be offering " basic" corporate package for €35/month per person, including Z10s... not bad if you ask me; unlimited package for €55/month per user

[The Aficionado]

It makes sense to me. The average company doesn't make the highest end phones standard, and the q10 is very expensive at $600-$700

Like if a company is deploying Iphones they seem to go with 4s or 4 right now, not the latest

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[Andrew4life]

It makes sense to me. The average company doesn't make the highest end phones standard, and the q10 is very expensive at $600-$700

Like if a company is deploying Iphones they seem to go with 4s or 4 right now, not the latest

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lol, tell me about it. My company just made the BB 9360 the new Standard. You don't even want to know what we were using before.

[RECOOL]

Well that was the plan BB already had a huge user base With the upgrade roll out they would be plenty fine.And with a hit and miss approach to loosing adding new users.The already installed user base was very important in revenue.

And yes companys i have worked for have always opted for the curve.Q5 is way more than a solid replacement its iphone 5 spec.