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BlackBerry Ltd may be forced to stop making smartphones if business doesn?t improve: Chen | Financial Post

The development of other super-secure devices, like Boeing Co.�s self-destructing smartphone, could fill that gap if BlackBerry were to exit the market, Chen said.

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[Prem WatsApp]

Ouch... keep moving! :-D

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[BoldPreza]

Seems like this was the plan for a while. If it happens oh well when my phone dies I will just switch.

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[Gus]

Unfortunately, I think the ship is sinking. I have 3 bb10 devices, purchased the leap a week ago. Will support BlackBerry till the ship has sunk.

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[TgeekB]

Gotta do what ya gotta do. That's fine with me. If I can still get a high-end device as a prosumer, I'm good.

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[early2bed]

I'm not planning to quit but the guy you hired a month ago could probably do my job. Just sayin'

[woofster]

I have no issues with this either. As much as I love my BlackBerry Passport, if this is the best business decision for the company in order for it to survive, I can easily move on to another device. I'm a BlackBerry fan but life can go on without a BB phone. I do support BlackBerry's turnaround efforts though and I would like to see them succeed, even if it means fully stepping out of handsets.

[wilber1]

There's a bad moon rising : John Fogerty .

[jas1978]

Chen has mentioned that before. It's becoming more of a reality since BlackBerry only sold about 1 million phones the last quarter. If sales don't increase I'd say BlackBerry will get out of the hardware business by the end of 2016.

If the slider and Classic 2 (or other physical keyboard phone they introduce for 2016) do not sell well then I think BlackBerry will be more serious about halting the hardware division. I hope they at least have another year of phones; it'll give me more time with a BlackBerry phone until I have to switch to another platform.

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[RawDil]

Lack of consumer awareness what else can BlackBerry expect?

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[jackfrost1209]

Lack of consumer awareness what else can BlackBerry expect?

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This is so true, most people don't believe that BlackBerry is still around...

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[BroncoVAL]

What a pity !
BB10 is such a great OS.
I won't go back to Apple and Android is really messy but at least more open.
Fingers crossed for a miracle...

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[spikesolie]

Keep releasing phones that majority don't want and ignore what they want in the bid to be different..

Seems they forced it this way

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[jas1978]

What a pity !
BB10 is such a great OS.

I wouldn't be surprised if Android or iOS adopts many BBOS10 features if BlackBerry stops making phones. And everyone will declare how innovative Android and iOS have become. Lol

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[neoberry99]

I think we all saw this coming. I wish them well.

Not Fours Years But A Lifetime

[dvarnai]

How do they expect ANY sales if they keep saying this? I for one won't get another BlackBerry again for unless their smartphone division seems to be future proof

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[OneofLittleHarmony]

What can they expect having the same dual core 1.5ghz processor in all their latest phones? Gotta stay somewhat relevant with the market.

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[chenageddon]

Why bother announcing two new hardware partners during the earnings report when you are just going to launch one or two devices per year?

[Uzi]

http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=1030676

Please join in the existing thread, thanks