Is BB looking for a new partner to manufacture phones?
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Best hope is that BlackBerry's keyboard IP makes it out somewhere in the future.03-16-20 04:24 PMLike 0 - Isn't BB out of the Hardware business????? Why would they be looking for any Partners....
Edit: There this thread also.
https://forums.crackberry.com/genera.../#post1349543903-16-20 07:45 PMLike 0 -
- if someone is stupid enough to waste tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to license and manufacture phones that won't turn a profit, BlackBerry will GLADLY take their money.
with a global recession looming, I have serious doubts you're going to find any company that stupid right now.03-17-20 05:15 AMLike 3 - if someone is stupid enough to waste tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to license and manufacture phones that won't turn a profit, BlackBerry will GLADLY take their money.
with a global recession looming, I have serious doubts you're going to find any company that stupid right now.
There are 3 manufacturers who are probably going to see the greatest influence for the next few months:
- Apple with the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR, their timing with the deals on these devices may have seriously saved them.
- Samsung with Galaxy A devices, they did a great job by building the Galaxy A brand
- Huawei, their Lite series and Honor series of phones should see a great deal of sales in areas like China
The niche manufacturers will probably scaling back heavily as they simply cannot afford to expose themselves too much financially, even banks are going to get a lot stricter on borrowers.03-17-20 07:08 AMLike 0 -
- Regardless, it doesn’t make any PKB in the past nor the future exciting. Nobody cared to save the form in our generation. Our kids generation just snicker and laugh. PKBs are the coffeecan exhausts on 4 cylinder cars driven by adults looking for attention for them.03-17-20 07:27 AMLike 3
- And yet, that's what the vast majority of consumers want. So you, and anybody else who wants an alternate form factor, will most likely end up being out of luck.Tsepz_GP and Laura Knotek like this.03-17-20 08:30 AMLike 2
- Exciting? Why is that a thing? It's just a phone.
As long as it does what I need it to do, and performs adequately for me without issue, then it serves its purpose.
My phone needs to help me get the job done. I don't need it to dance a jig on my desk.03-17-20 08:47 AMLike 4 -
- Does that make a PKB any less accurate or enjoyable to use?
...or for people who actually want to enjoy typing on mobile.03-17-20 09:26 AMLike 0 -
Because I take mine on jobsites to take in-progress construction photos and use it to show design drawings, it is a utility that I keep in an ugly Otterbox case.
Now, when I got my S9, it was a good deal from AT&T (for me and my oldest son). But, my next phone won't be all glass. I've grown to hate that aspect, and the curved edges - but because of ergonomic and durability issues - not for lack of some perceived excitement.Laura Knotek likes this.03-17-20 09:35 AMLike 1 - It's a device that I constantly use to do a whole lot of different things. That's why they cost so much.
Because I take mine on jobsites to take in-progress construction photos and use it to show design drawings, it is a utility that I keep in an ugly Otterbox case.
Now, when I got my S9, it was a good deal from AT&T (for me and my oldest son). But, my next phone won't be all glass. I've grown to hate that aspect, and the curved edges - but because of ergonomic and durability issues - not for lack of some perceived excitement.03-17-20 09:37 AMLike 0 -
Z10 = BB10 + VKB > iOS + AndroidLaura Knotek likes this.03-17-20 09:46 AMLike 1 -
- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOPE. Lets think on this John Chen has said lot's of things going back to BlackBerry OS 10 than Android by BlackBerry. We all know how that has worked out. I think he likes to talk and float trial balloons, makes for great chat.03-17-20 10:07 AMLike 0
- That's not a word I would use. I enjoy the things I use it for, managing my relationships with customers and partners, and writing for various online outlets, but I don't enjoy it, or any device, on its own.
I use the Z10 because its features match my needs better than other devices. If I could manage my professional obligations without any mobile phone, that would be my preference.
Z10 = BB10 + VKB > iOS + AndroidLaura Knotek likes this.03-17-20 10:25 AMLike 1 - That's not a word I would use. I enjoy the things I use it for, managing my relationships with customers and partners, and writing for various online outlets, but I don't enjoy it, or any device, on its own.
I use the Z10 because its features match my needs better than other devices. If I could manage my professional obligations without any mobile phone, that would be my preference.
Z10 = BB10 + VKB > iOS + Android03-17-20 10:38 AMLike 0 -
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The Unihertz Titan proves how amazing the Key2 sales were relatively speaking. Probably 10-12X the sales volume and same level of advertising. KEYone was 10-15X the sales volume of Key2 from all the OEMs involved. Fight a full residential fire with 1,2 or 3 garden hoses licensed for use by the local fire department won’t help the property owner nor the fire department fundraising next year selling more licensed garden hoses.Laura Knotek likes this.03-17-20 11:10 AMLike 1 - How’s a PKB or VKB any more or less exciting to USE? Exactly how would explain or frame that in advertising?!? How does one demonstrate EXCITED use? I’ve personally never found any kind of typing exciting...Laura Knotek likes this.03-17-20 11:13 AMLike 1
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