[pogly2]

So i am at my customers plant today and my phone rings while i am talking with the plant manager. look at the display and have to take the call. Afterwards, mr plant manager asks me how i did that(get a call in the middle of their plant ,big steel box in the shadow of a mountain)so i just told him that any BlackBerry Z30 could do this because of paratec antenna. Company phones are all i-xxx and they have to go to the reception area where a repeater is installed. So he asked what else it could do and showed him a few things,you all know the list. So long story short next week their I.T. Man is meeting with me. they were told by a salesman that apple would be the solution to all business communication and they are finding out not so.

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[wincyUt]

Cool story. Ignorance is really a crime.

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[pogly2]

I really didnt know there was reception issues there

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[BlackBerryPancakes]

Well done. Do you sell phones, or just happen to sell them without meaning to?

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[pogly2]

Complete accident i am a heavy duty mechanic owner/operator and find BlackBerry works very well. I did have a samsung rugby lte which also worked okay but very messy to communicate and no multifunction ability

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[Mirk]

Lol... they were surprised iPhones have bad reception? I thought this was well documented. Not to mention AntennaGate.

[pogly2]

Apparently they were very surprised. Lots of advertising by apple and salesmen pushing apple. And you end up with a very inadequate tool. They actually carry two way radios in the plant to communicate because the i phones dont work. At least Z30 does

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[Galifrey]

Cool story. Ignorance is really a crime.

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Easy there chris Hitchens.

CB10 on the Q10

[Bowlegz]

Lol... they were surprised iPhones have bad reception? I thought this was well documented. Not to mention AntennaGate.

Preach!!

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[anon(4233493)]

The Paratek antenna, spelled with a k, makes the Z30 the best mobile phone in terms or reception for mobile, WIFI and also improves data transfer speeds.

Tks for sharing your story

[EchuOkan1]

Great! Thank you for sharing. I must agree the Z30 is awesome. I have noticed improved reception over the Z10 I had before.

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[yvpan1]

Z30 is awesome due to its Paratek antenna, yes it is. hopefully once 10.3 OS is out, as promised by Michael Clewley that 10.3 will bring the full fix to the "WifiGate" issue, we can close the "limited wifi connectivity" bug book for good.

awesome story, OP!

[Atmarix]

OP please let us know if your company makes any decision about changing iphones

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[pogly2]

Its not my company with iPhones, but one of my customers. I run a mobile mechanical repair and the plant manager (my customer)was amazed that my Z30 was able to send and receive phone calls in the middle of their plant. The company issued iPhone will not. And i will repost mid next week after i meet with the company's I.T man

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[pogly2]

So i went back to the plant and met with I.T man and management. They were not aware that BlackBerry made a touch screen phone(still thought they were all pkb) and showed how bb10 works compared to i phones. Lots of negative. Could not grasp the concept of no home button or how many of the other features in bb10 work. I showed him how BlackBerry can multi function and hub and peek and flow ect ect ect. Was not looking good. Even went down to the plant floor where no i phones work phoned his boss ,took three pictures of the plant, composed an email,attached and sent the photos with the email while talking on speakerphone. His attitude changed. Maybe they could function without a home button. Anyways they have their cell provider to check on possibly changing to Z30 . Have to see how this shakes out.
P.s. The I.T man is not happy with me for not playing nice and calling his boss on demo.

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[m3mb3rsh1p]

...
P.s. The I.T man is not happy with me for not playing nice and calling his boss on demo.

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Haha. You can't make sales if you don't push a little. He'll come around. the IPhone guys probably called them every other day telling them they were behind the times. If you could send the Warehouse Manager a demo Z30.... but I'm not in sales so I don't know how they'd take it...

Anyway, nice "won" mate!

[pogly2]

Update
Company is keeping iPhone and using 2 way radios for communication in the plant due to the large investment in apple ecosystem. Guess you must pay for poor choices

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[the_game969]

And Apple wins once again!

Powered by BlackBerry!

[Dave Bourque]

And Apple wins once again!

Powered by BlackBerry!

Apple wins with inferior products all the time. Google is also playing the tie them up with ecosystems game.

Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.3247

[leehardballer12]

So i went back to the plant and met with I.T man and management. They were not aware that BlackBerry made a touch screen phone(still thought they were all pkb) and showed how bb10 works compared to i phones. Lots of negative. Could not grasp the concept of no home button or how many of the other features in bb10 work. I showed him how BlackBerry can multi function and hub and peek and flow ect ect ect. Was not looking good. Even went down to the plant floor where no i phones work phoned his boss ,took three pictures of the plant, composed an email,attached and sent the photos with the email while talking on speakerphone. His attitude changed. Maybe they could function without a home button. Anyways they have their cell provider to check on possibly changing to Z30 . Have to see how this shakes out.
P.s. The I.T man is not happy with me for not playing nice and calling his boss on demo.

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Wow....how does IT guy still have a job? A large investment made by the company at his behest for a phone that does not work in the plant, all because he's an Apple fanboy?? How does this even happen at a large company? Is there no oversight? Just let the IT guy install all his favorite toys and have the company pay? Just do whatever the IT guy says, I guess. I thought people in corporate were more mature than that. On the other hand, if BB put in half the effort you did, then maybe IT guys like this wouldn't be allowed to do this.

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[pogly2]

I don't understand it,the iPhone does not do its job and is an inferior product for this company's needs yet it still remains. I was back today and some of the management are still trying to get Z30's, but i dont think they matter enough in this area. Guess a phone is not used to communicate with,thats what 2 way radios are for. Maybe i could find some old cb radios at a flea market and sell them on another technology lol.

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[Stomps01]

I was in a building yesterday and my buddy that has a competitors phone mentioned he had the "no service" message on his phone. I pulled out my 30 and full bars. We are on the same network so same towers. Awesome antenna!

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[lift]

I was in a building yesterday and my buddy that has a competitors phone mentioned he had the "no service" message on his phone. I pulled out my 30 and full bars. We are on the same network so same towers. Awesome antenna!

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He had no service and you had full bars? Something weird there. Maybe he had the wrong model phone for his carrier? Maybe his phone was missing some carrier band that the Z30 has.

[Stomps01]

Not sure but I have compared signals before with him and I always had more bare.

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[anon(2325196)]

Yes, it actually does shine. I prefer to use my Z30 for that reason. It holds the LTE signal way better than any of the other BlackBerry 10 devices (specifically Q10 because my Z10/Q5 have been given to friends) inside my apartment or where otherwise LTE is semi-available. My Q10 always picks up H+ only inside my place.

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