The time is there to get a full touch device and new BBOS 12
I work at a big operator in the Netherlands and I see customers and business clients that using a Z10 or Z30 looking for a new full touch screen device but there is only the Leap. The Leap is a nice upgrade from the Z10 but the Z30 is the same price and we don't have that one. I also see busines client looking for an alternative, but they wanted full touchscreen, There is the Leap, but they wanted a better phone with specs so they keeping up with there iphone or moving to another platform.
What I see is that BlackBerry is missing the boat in the repeat purchasinging market and prospect market because there is not a good alternative for them. I have clients moving to Sony Z3, iphone 6 and Samsung S6 and people willing to try out BBOS10. .
I think blackberry could sell more phone's to these people with a midpriced phone around € 450-500. My opinion is to get the same design like the Z30 and call it Z35. Only change the chipset to a 801 with a cpu 2,3 Ghz . Keep 2 GB RAM, 13 MP camera , LED screen and 3200-3500 mAh battery.
Why there are still a few million Z10 and Z30 phone's moving there way to a new device and to get these people ,they should get in touch with these people buy BBM for example to say they could get a discount for that phone.
Another thing is BB10, It's a 3 year old name and people asking when they get a new version o Dear.
They shoud get an easy update with some new icons, maybe similair with Android. Second they could get Android runtime 6 for excisting users and to show BB is moving on. That are the only thing to show they still alive and there is choice and it could give a boost because ios and Android people in the market looking for an alternative at the moment, they are becoming more aware of all security issues at the moment.
So what I should do if I was CEO -
- Get a new full touchscreen device first
- Get new name for BBOS10 and move on to BBOS12 (why because they never used Android Runtime 5) with Android runtime 6 with app permission and new icons like BB Android the get more uniform. Also tell the media people could controll there apps with BlackBerry Apps completly and now also with Android apps. So Switch of some datamining and get in control what you share. It's what people get more aware of these days.
People get intresting what is going on, there is a new OS and full touchscreen device is what 99 % of the people really buying ,even when they say there missing a qwerty keyboard.