[luizimonti]

Is Blackberry making a comeback? Lots of customers are signing up for the BlackBerry Z10 but it's not just the BlackBerry faithful who are sticking to their brand. More than half of the customers snapping up a Z10 -- 55 percent -- are coming from a different platform, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said during a conference call today.

Heins wouldn't go into detail about the breakdown of where these customers were coming from, but it' an encouraging sign that the Z10 was enticing enough that people were willing to switch over to the new device. It's one sign of progress for a company badly in need of a home run.

"We're pretty excited by the stats we're getting from the market," Heins said. "It's a strong testament to the strength of the product and differentiating elements."

Looking at the different operating systems out there, it's tough to see where the market share is coming from. Given the early launch in the U.K., Symbian might be the loser here, as its market presence continues to rapidly deteriorate. With Android and iOS still gaining share, it's tough to see consumers jumping from that platform to BlackBerry 10. Windows Phone is another candidate, but its presence is too small to really cede meaningful market share at this point. Users could be upgrading from basic phones, which run rudimentary operating systems.

Regardless, it marks a good start for BlackBerry. The company will likely see the mix of BlackBerry 10 customers shift back to its own base once the BlackBerry Q10 arrives. The Q10, which comes with a physical keyboard more in the vein of the BlackBerry Bold, is expected to attract hardcore BlackBerry users addicted to physical keys.

"We look forward to launching that globally," he said. "It will yield another good opportunity to increase units and revenue."

Source : BlackBerry Z10 Getting Higher Sales Than Expected from New and Old Customers | KpopStarz

[howarmat]

wow that is an outdated article. They took info that was from around late march and created an article to post yesterday lol

[dannejanne]

I'm coming from Android and loving it! Before seeing the Z10 I hardly new what BlackBerry was.

[z10fido]

Since in the last few months ios and android are still adding to their totals one could deduce thor is just making up figures because how could he even know what phone people are coming from. Yes carriers would know on who's upgrading but that doesn't include all in store and outright sales. Also it doesn't show how many are buying to flip online. Since ios and android sales are growing steadily whatever effect the z10 had isn't making an impact so u could assume the sales aren't that strong anyways

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[M65c02]

NOT !!! An earlier post, a few hours ago, to this thread is correct: This gobble d'gook is presented from what seems to have been an almost verbatim accounting from a month prior. The content said little or nothing then and even less now.

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