Would it have been silly to stock at least one unit per active CB user?
Perhaps the CB staff can comment, but did TCL/BBmobile ever request any sort of active user regional number data?
I know the strategy with BlackBerry has been to minimize overstocking risk, but... I can't imagine it would be too difficult to at least satisfy the active CB user base.
Every negative forum thread and post becomes negative content that comes up when people search for the device, and can tarnish the young venture's perception (especially when it already had to dig itself out of the 'it's still BlackBerry' hole). I would have written off the risk cost as a PR expenditure.
The level of risk could be controlled by refining the definition of 'active'. At least one post in the last year/month? At least 5 page visits per month in the last year? At least one post in the KeyOne forum? at least x views in KeyOne related forum? etc. etc.
Is it that crazy to ask, how many 'active' CB users per device-model region? I can't imagine they didn't have some data considering they have been 'sponsoring' the forums.
*sigh* just longing for a KeyOne I guess...
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