- Right off the bat, I work for Rim as a product manager. On tuesday I went to a local bar with some co workers and friends, and before going I made a mental note to take notice of what kind of phones the majority of the people there were using. This bar was in a very upscale, suburban area. After about two hours there my report is this: the overwhelming majority of the people there had blackberrys. The most popular model was the bold, followed by the curve 3g, and a few torchs. On the android side, it was all 4in slabs and droids. I saw a few iphones, but surprisingly they were almost alll 3gs's.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-04-11 07:01 AMLike 0 - So why exactly are we crazy? And might I suggest your local universe is skewed in favor of RIM products? I mean if you work for RIM, you must be physically close to the company and so is everyone else. So it's not surprising there are a lot of BB users there.
I went to a few restaurants with my daughters in Florida. My 17 year old noted that almost everyone (except her, poor thing) had an iPhone.08-04-11 07:09 AMLike 0 - This is not going to become a flamefest.
OP, I'd sugest you rethink your title, and request a new one. Not sure who you're calling crazy, but it's not going to go over well.757EliasHZ likes this.08-04-11 07:37 AMLike 1 - Close to RIM there'll definitely be more Blackberries than other phones.
I also think it's a Canadian thing as well. For the last year I've been paying attention to what people are using in Toronto, and I would say close to 80% are using Blackberries - and that's from a pretty damn large sample size. It sounds like it's a lot different in the US.
Although, I have to say I'm surprised at how often I see characters on TV shows and movies using Blackberries. It's probably not as much as the iPhone now, but it's still pretty common.08-04-11 07:41 AMLike 0 - I recently took a flight to Atlanta. It was delayed and I was bored, so I began phone spotting. I couldn't even count the number the iPhones; there were THAT many. As far as Android devices, the numbers were much more modest. There were also quite a few BlackBerries. The woman I sat next to had a Bold 9000; we talked about the new Bold 9900. There were four Bold 9650s; a Tour 9630 or two; many of the 8520/8530 Curves; and six Torch 9800s. Surprisingly, I did not spot any 9700s; guess, all the 9700 users had gone iPhone...
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- Well call me crazy and slap me on the behind....if you had seen me you would have seen me pulling the battery out of my storm 1 for the 12th time that day because RIM has not released any phone on VZW and none in the near future. So you may see me using an I phone in the near future because I have no choice. By the way, in light of that...what product do you manage? Please tell me its not timing....
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08-04-11 08:00 AMLike 0 - Hmm.
I don't work for RIM, I'm not a project manager, I don't live in Canada but I do have a BB.
I'm not sure if this makes me crazy or not, nor whether that is a good thing.
Are you saying its good that all these people have BBs or that it's bad? I don't really follow your argument.08-04-11 08:03 AMLike 0 -
BBs are still very popular - at least here in UK anyway. I've been in similar situations to you and seen many more BBs than Android/iPhones.08-04-11 08:07 AMLike 0 - Hmm.
I don't work for RIM, I'm not a project manager, I don't live in Canada but I do have a BB.
I'm not sure if this makes me crazy or not, nor whether that is a good thing.
Are you saying its good that all these people have BBs or that it's bad? I don't really follow your argument.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comLyls likes this.08-04-11 08:23 AMLike 1 - I definetly think its a good thing! My livelihood depends on it! Lol. But in all seriousness, I honestly think blackberry still is extremely relevent in both the business and consumer sectors, despite what a lot of people seem to imply
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A couple of years ago, if I went on a train all I would see would be iPhones. Now I see a large proportion of phones are BBs. From my not-at-all-scientific experience, the majority I see are either 9700s or 8520s.08-04-11 08:30 AMLike 0 - I definetly think its a good thing! My livelihood depends on it! Lol. But in all seriousness, I honestly think blackberry still is extremely relevent in both the business and consumer sectors, despite what a lot of people seem to imply
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- I feel for the vzw customers. Its a topic we talk about everyday. I hate to say it it, but our offering of bb models for vzw is embarassing.
In respect to the poster saying those people are stuck in old contracts. I disagree. Here's why. This crowd of people I was among have expendable income. Sticking with a phone they hate just to wait untill their contract upgrade is ludacris. Besides who keeps a phone for two years just to get a discount on a new phone? There are plenty of other outlets to by a phone. Craigslist, ebay, trade or buy off a friend, or just straight up buy it from your carrier.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-04-11 08:49 AMLike 0 - Well then, glad that's settled. They're not crazy, they've just come down with droiditis. I'm sure a dose of QNX will cure them.08-04-11 08:54 AMLike 0
- Well call me crazy and slap me on the behind....if you had seen me you would have seen me pulling the battery out of my storm 1 for the 12th time that day because RIM has not released any phone on VZW and none in the near future. So you may see me using an I phone in the near future because I have no choice. By the way, in light of that...what product do you manage? Please tell me its not timing....08-04-11 09:11 AMLike 0
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The funny thing is we don't care about the iphone. At all. It never comes up in meetings. Even though the 9900/9930 has better specs than the iphone, we (me) expect it to appeal to current bb owners more than "recruiting" iphone customers.
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