BB7 Bold gets a new production run

04-05-14 12:20 PM

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On the earnings call, John Chen has confirmed that a new BB7 phone will be developed based on the Bold line.

03-28-14 07:26 AM

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How do you know it

03-28-14 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by FOR RIM

How do you know it

sounds like it was on the call

03-28-14 07:37 AM

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read an article on n4bb yeah it's true

03-28-14 07:37 AM

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Belfastdispatcher was right!

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03-28-14 07:39 AM

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FrankIAm

Really? Damn.. they keep aiming at "small " markets.. I don't know how to feel.

Inb4 that entitled fella ^

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03-28-14 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Q10Bold

Belfastdispatcher was right!

Yes I was I told you so (I'll be saying this for a week)

#believeinfilm

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03-28-14 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankIAm

Really? Damn.. they keep aiming at "small " markets.. I don't know how to feel.

Inb4 that entitled fella ^

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Better to aim at the small BlackBerry 7 market than at the even smaller BlackBerry 10 market. Honest question, if you consider BlackBerry 7 a "small" market, what sort of market is BlackBerry 10? Tiny?

It might be time for BlackBerry to consider cutting their losses on the failure that is BlackBerry 10.

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03-28-14 07:49 AM

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I just read the same thing on my twitter feed....along with BB losing money for another quarter...and revenues dropping below 1billion.

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03-28-14 07:51 AM

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[QUOTE=belfastdispatcher;10175676]Yes I was I told you so (I'll be saying this for a week)

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Go ahead and rub it in.

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03-28-14 07:59 AM

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[QUOTE=Jerale;10175711]

Originally Posted by belfastdispatcher

Yes I was I told you so (I'll be saying this for a week)

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Go ahead and rub it in.

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I did but it looks like somebody deleted my I told you so thread, oh well

03-28-14 08:01 AM

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If they could develop a BBOS7 Bold-Iike phone that could also install Android apks, that would be a dream.

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03-28-14 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by belfastdispatcher

Yes I was I told you so (I'll be saying this for a week)

#believeinfilm

Yeah!

btw- I hope they wont cancel the Q20...

03-28-14 08:07 AM

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is not a Bold like device, is the Bold 9900

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03-28-14 08:09 AM

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belfastdispatcher

Originally Posted by ealvnv

is not a Bold like device, is the Bold 9900

It can mean anything, there were many different Bold devices, 2 BB7 Bold devices anyway 9900 & 9790

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03-28-14 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ealvnv

is not a Bold like device, is the Bold 9900

I got the impression that it would be an updated version of the 9900. I assume the specs would be updated slightly as well as the addition of LTE.

03-28-14 08:11 AM

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Interesting news... at some point they have to let BB7 fade away and completely focus on BlackBerry 10 development, devices, and sells. My guess is that this might be the last legacy device as most features are being incorporated into the new os as of the Q20...

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03-28-14 08:12 AM

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RyanGermann

The more significant issue is whether or not they'll be updating the OS or just slamming out BB7.1 devices... is there a 7.2, 7.3, etc., in the pipeline?

03-28-14 08:30 AM

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The quote was "a new production run" of the Bold device. So expect to see newly manufactured BB7 Bold 9900 devices but not a new design or new features.

The cost of upgrading BB7 OS to support upgraded HW/LTE wouldn't make economic sense at this point. The best they can hope for is to turn a small profit selling more 9900 devices as their current inventory is running low.

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03-28-14 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by txmxrex

The quote was "a new production run" of the Bold device.

Thanks for clarifying.

03-28-14 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by txmxrex

The quote was "a new production run" of the Bold device. So expect to see newly manufactured BB7 Bold 9900 devices but not a new design or new features.

The cost of upgrading BB7 OS to support upgraded HW/LTE wouldn't make economic sense at this point. The best they can hope for is to turn a small profit selling more 9900 devices as their current inventory is running low.

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I don't think there's a need for LTE on the legacy line.

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03-28-14 08:41 AM

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SparkyBC

How can a company move forward living in the past? Sure os7 is making the bread and butter but at some point you have to let it die.

Your not innovating, living in the past!

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03-28-14 08:57 AM

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belfastdispatcher

Originally Posted by SparkyBC

How can a company move forward living in the past? Sure os7 is making the bread and butter but at some point you have to let it die.

Your not innovating, living in the past!

If they let it die the whole company will instantly die.

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03-28-14 09:00 AM

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SparkyBC

Hence I said was making their bread and butter. You can't turn a company around on the dinosaur os.

BB10 was a waste to develope and continues to bomb in sales..

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Originally Posted by SparkyBC

How can a company move forward living in the past? Sure os7 is making the bread and butter but at some point you have to let it die.

Your not innovating, living in the past!

I agree completely... how long can BlackBerry survive on 2.3 million legacy device sales and 1.1 million OS 10 sales anyway? My guess is that it can't be very long...

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