- Can someone tell me why RIM does not announce RIGHT NOW that BB10 will be available on a couple of the newest BB7 model phones?? This will keep a lot higher percentage of existing BB users from running to Android or iPhone because they don't want to make a 2 yr agreement commitment to a dead end phone(within the next 6 months).
My daughter is in this exact position right now...she likes her curve and likes what she sees in my Bold 9930...but I can't in good conscience push her towards a Bold not knowing if BB10 will be available on it or not.
It would:
- Stop some of the massive bleed now
- Give existing users the comfort knowing they will be able to get to BB10 in a few months(with all of the new apps that will be coming)
- Have a couple well circulated platforms out there to leak and beta test BB10 before GA!
- Provide an announcement that would generate immediate excitement and invest in their installed base which they desperately need for future success
They should be able to EASILY know how many older handsets are still in use and are eligible for upgrade, market a promotion directly to them to upgrade to currently available handsets that will be BB10. An incentive to stay is much easier than to try to get them back after they switch!!!! GET ON IT!
It seems like a no-brainer to me...is someone out there listening??05-01-12 01:05 PMLike 0 - nope
unlike others, bb only releases a new phone right after you have bought a new one.
so hurry up and buy one so they will release bb10 for the rest of us
05-01-12 01:08 PMLike 4 - Ai Yi Yi. Parenting 101. Use and old Jedi mind trick.
Tell your daughter:
"She doesn't need a new phone right now"
"iOS and Android are not the phones she is looking for."
"Move Along, Move along."BlackStormRising and DeonADB like this.05-01-12 01:19 PMLike 2 - RIM has already said QNX (the kernel for OS10) REQUIRES a multi-core CPU. NON of the current BlackBerry phones have a multi-core processor. Ergo, non of the current BBs will be able to run OS10.
I would tell her if she can wait, then wait. If she can't, look for a used 9930. DO NOT enter a multi-year contract right now.
I agree with your main point. RIM needs to keep people from leaving BlackBerry for the next 5 to 6 months, if they can. Anyone who would go into a 2 or 3 year contract right now is not paying attention to the mobile product space.05-01-12 01:20 PMLike 0 -
- BrantaRetired Network ModThe existing BB7 hardware is not compatible with the new BB10 software. What you are asking is like expecting a car manufacturer to promise that last year's gasoline engine model can be upgraded to accept next year's hybrid diesel-electric power train.Faagmer likes this.05-01-12 01:28 PMLike 1
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- Maybe do their trade in program again and get a discount on the new phone while exchanging the old phone.05-01-12 03:54 PMLike 0
- RIM has already said QNX (the kernel for OS10) REQUIRES a multi-core CPU. NON of the current BlackBerry phones have a multi-core processor. Ergo, non of the current BBs will be able to run OS10.
I would tell her if she can wait, then wait. If she can't, look for a used 9930. DO NOT enter a multi-year contract right now.
I agree with your main point. RIM needs to keep people from leaving BlackBerry for the next 5 to 6 months, if they can. Anyone who would go into a 2 or 3 year contract right now is not paying attention to the mobile product space.05-01-12 05:28 PMLike 0 - Tell her to wait until 10 comes out and compare the phones and let her.get the one she wants. It's just a phone for God's sake.05-01-12 08:00 PMLike 0
- What RIM should really do, and still may do, is announce a program in which owners of certain, currently-available Blackberry devices will either get a discount toward the purchase of a BB10 device, will get an early upgrade to a BB10 device, or can trade in their current phone for a BB10 device. RIM should reward its consumers for their loyalty.
All of the cool stuff RIM is announcing this week is also a giant billboard to everyone to not buy any currently-available Blackberry phones in the next six months.05-01-12 08:42 PMLike 0 - What RIM should really do, and still may do, is announce a program in which owners of certain, currently-available Blackberry devices will either get a discount toward the purchase of a BB10 device, will get an early upgrade to a BB10 device, or can trade in their current phone for a BB10 device. RIM should reward its consumers for their loyalty.
All of the cool stuff RIM is announcing this week is also a giant billboard to everyone to not buy any currently-available Blackberry phones in the next six months.
But it does also show consumers that BlackBerry will still be around if they get an OS7 device...there will be support and upgrades05-01-12 08:54 PMLike 0 - they wont stop supporting bbos for a long time, theres too much enterprise adoption. So i mean for someone who doesnt necessarily need the latest and greatest like most users upgrading from a feature phone a bb7 phone thats cheap and will be supported for a long time to come looks pretty good.
The trade up idea is a good one, but they're already writing down the bb7 hardware so i suspect we'll be seeing some interesting deals soon.05-01-12 09:07 PMLike 0 - BrantaRetired Network ModIt may be possile to make QNX based systems run on current specification hardware, but that doesn't avoid the practical obstacles to making it run on existing products already in the hands of users.
1. New regulatory approvals required
2. New boot loader required
3. Modification of core software required to handle alternate chipset
4. User upgrade process to be developed
... I could go on.
These constraints would divert too much time and resource from the core project with little real benefit. I won't even consider the reduced performance available from less capable hardware, or the number of dishonest users who contrive to brick their older devices during upgrade so they can sue for a new full-spec BB10 replacement.05-04-12 09:05 AMLike 0 - There hasn't been a solid release date and RIM isn't known for putting out new phones right away, so I would just get a new Bold 9930.
Its no telling when BB10 phones will be released. I wouldn't be surprised if they didnt come out until January 2013. Especially one with a keyboard.
life is too short to be waiting around for a phone with no solid release date.
The Bold 9900/30 is the best Blackberry out right now. Why wait?05-04-12 09:22 AMLike 0
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