1. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    The numbers for each quarter are based on approximate sell in numbers provided in each quarterly report for BB10 sales.
    That's where my numbers are taken from. Btw: BB gave no split sale numbers for OS7/BB10 devices in the last 2 quarters.

    Go to this link
    http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf

    Press CTRL+F so it brings up the search box and type in "41 million".
    ... reported financial results for the three months ended November 29, 2014
    As at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company had a user base of approximately 41 million.
    03-27-15 05:30 PM
  2. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    That's where my numbers are taken from. Btw: BB gave no split sale numbers for OS7/BB10 devices in the last 2 quarters.
    Yes they did.

    Blackberry sold in 1.6m total devices in Q1 and said approximately 65% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.03m
    Blackberry sold in 2.1m total devices in Q2 and said approximately 68% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.41m

    Blackberry confirmed that H1 total shipments of BB10 devices = 2.44m or 66% of all shipments.

    Blackberry sold in 2.0m total devices in Q3 and said approximately 69% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.38m

    Blackberry confirmed that Q1-Q3 total shipments of BB10 devices = 3.82m or 67% of all shipments.

    Based on preliminary data total BB10 devices for Q4 totalled 1.23m shipments. Added to 3.82m this totals 5.05m for FY2015 as outlined in my previous post. However Q4 is not a 100% accurate figure and I'm still waiting for a reliable documented number to be released. ~3.82m for first 3 quarters is fully confirmed but 5.05m is not fully confirmed yet.

    The final number for Q4 is expected to be between 1.17m-1.23m which means that we are looking at approximately 4.99m-5.05m total BB10 units shipped between March 1st 2014 to February 28th 2015.

    To make it easy for now, lets just say over 5 million BB10 units were shipped in FY2015.
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    03-27-15 05:39 PM
  3. phuoc's Avatar
    When I jumped on the RIM (as it was known then) bandwagon, it was reported that we had 80 million subscribers. That was 2011, now we have 40 million. A loss of 10 million a year, OUCH!
    03-27-15 05:41 PM
  4. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Yes they did.
    No.

    06/14: 1.7 mio BB10 Analysis: BlackBerry dramatically improves financial performance in Q1 | CrackBerry.com
    09/14: 1.7 mio BB10 BlackBerry Q2 Fiscal 2015 Earnings Call | CrackBerry.com
    12/14: 1.9 mio bb7+10 BlackBerry announces Q3 Fiscal 2015 Results | CrackBerry.com
    03/15: 1.6 mio bb7+10 smartphones BlackBerry announces Q4 Fiscal 2015 Results | CrackBerry.com

    Blackberry sold in 1.6m total devices in Q1 and said approximately 65% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.03m
    Wrong.
    "During the first quarter, approximately 2.6 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers"
    http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf

    Blackberry sold in 2.1m total devices in Q2 and said approximately 68% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.41m
    Wrong.
    "During the second quarter, approximately 2.4 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers"
    http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf

    Blackberry sold in 2.0m total devices in Q3 and said approximately 69% were BB10 shipments, this is equal to around ~1.38m
    Wrong.
    "During the third quarter, approximately 1.9 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers"
    http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf

    Blackberry confirmed that Q1-Q3 total shipments of BB10 devices = 3.82m or 67% of all shipments.
    You seem to mix up devices shipped /sold through/recognized hardware revenue. The important number regarding BB10 devices on he market is the number of bb10 devices sold through to end customers

    Based on preliminary data total BB10 devices for Q4 totalled 1.23m shipments. Added to 3.82m this totals 5.05m for FY2015 as outlined in my previous post. However Q4 is not a 100% accurate figure and I'm still waiting for a reliable documented number to be released. ~3.82m for first 3 quarters is fully confirmed but 5.05m is not fully confirmed yet.
    As proven above, your calculation is bullsh1t

    To make it easy for now, lets just say over 5 million BB10 units were shipped in FY2015.
    3.4 mio BB10 smartphones were sold through in the first two quarters. The number of BB10 smartphones sold thorugh in the last two quarters can only be estimated.
    03-27-15 05:54 PM
  5. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    As proven above, your calculation is bullsh1t
    Do you know the difference between sold in and sold through?

    Because you're basing your calculations on the wrong number....

    Please don't be so rude. No need to get aggressive.

    Here is the proof for yourself-

    http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf

    The Company recognized revenue related to approximately 5.7 million BlackBerry handheld devices in the first nine months of fiscal 2015. Approximately 67% of the devices recognized in the first nine months of fiscal 2015 were BlackBerry 10 devices
    As you can see this confirms the 3.82m number I quoted above.
    03-27-15 05:57 PM
  6. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Do you know the difference between sold in and sold through?
    Yes
    Because you're basing your calculations on the wrong number....
    No, you are basing your calculations on the wrong number. LOL.
    03-27-15 06:01 PM
  7. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    Yes

    No, you are basing your calculations on the wrong number. LOL.
    Why did you ignore the rest of my post?
    03-27-15 06:04 PM
  8. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Why did you ignore the rest of my post?
    Because the only thing It tells me is that you're still not able to recognize your mistake (and it was written after I started typing my answer).
    03-27-15 06:06 PM
  9. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    I'm sorry to say but you're clearly wrong here.

    The statement from BlackBerry is direct and to the point. To break it down it says that BlackBerry sold in and recognised revenue on approximately 5.7 million BlackBerry devices. The statement then goes on to say that 67% of the devices recognised (5.7m) are BB10 devices.

    67% of 5.7m is 3.82m.

    So for the first 9 months of FY2015 the number of BlackBerry 10 devices was 3.82m. It really is as clear as night and day. Nowhere does it mention sold through to end users.

    If you can't accept this then I don't know what to say to be honest. I'm not trying to say I know more than you or anything, I'm quite literally pointing out what BlackBerry have said.
    03-27-15 06:12 PM
  10. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Because you don't even try to be responsive to my postings and instead keep on focusing on your wrong "calculation" I'll just tell you this:
    This thread is about the number of Blackberry 10 smartphones "in the wild". If you want to monitor shipments or whatever numbers instead: I'm not going to stop you. It's not my duty to enlighten anybody.
    03-27-15 06:18 PM
  11. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    Because you don't even try to be responsive to my postings and instead keep on focusing on your wrong "calculation" I'll just tell you this:
    This thread is about the number of Blackberry 10 smartphones "in the wild". If you want to monitor shipments or whatever numbers instead: I'm not going to stop you. It's not my duty to enlighten anybody.
    But we don't have sold through numbers for BlackBerry 10?

    The only official number we have is 5 million units sold through to end users in FY2014.

    This thread of yours is based on you mixing up sell in numbers and sold through numbers.
    03-27-15 06:28 PM
  12. howarmat's Avatar
    Maaxx you are incorrect on this one. BB recognizes states in each quarter how many devices they "recognize" revenue on. This is clearly started in the previous filling as

    The Company recognized revenue related to approximately 5.7 million BlackBerry handheld devices in the first ninemonths of fiscal 2015, compared to approximately 12.4 million BlackBerry handheld devices recognized in the first nine
    months of fiscal 2014. Approximately 67% of the devices recognized in the first nine months of fiscal 2015 were BlackBerry 10
    devices.
    03-27-15 06:29 PM
  13. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    But we don't have sold through numbers for BlackBerry 10?
    Really?

    The only official number we have is 5 million units sold through to end users in FY2014.
    ..and the numbers of BB10 devices sold through to end customers in Q1 and Q2 FY15

    This thread of yours is based on you mixing up sell in numbers and sold through numbers.
    This thread is based on counting the numbers of devices sold through to end customers which can be sometimes hard.
    03-27-15 06:40 PM
  14. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    ..and the numbers of BB10 devices sold through in Q1 and Q2 FY15
    Those are not sold through numbers.

    As I showed above you were applying the percentages incorrectly. They were showing the number of BB10 devices shipped.

    Please see Matt's post which is what I've been trying to tell you.
    03-27-15 06:41 PM
  15. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Those are not sold through numbers.
    Please check my links.
    06/14: 1.7 mio BB10 Analysis: BlackBerry dramatically improves financial performance in Q1 | CrackBerry.com
    "The number of BlackBerry 10 devices that sold through to end customers appears to have risen to about 1.7 million versus 1.1 million last quarter. (Note: I'm pretty sure they said 65% of devices sold to end customers were running BB10, not 65% of the units they recognized revenue on, but I'll double check when the transcript is available and update this post if necessary)"
    09/14: 1.7 mio BB10 BlackBerry Q2 Fiscal 2015 Earnings Call | CrackBerry.com
    "Appx 1.7 mil BB10 sold this quarter (70% of 2.4 mil)" 2.4 is given here as tghe number of devices sold through to end customers: http://uk.blackberry.com/content/dam...nformation.pdf
    03-27-15 06:44 PM
  16. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    Maaxx you are incorrect on this one. BB recognizes states in each quarter how many devices they "recognize" revenue on. This is clearly started in the previous filling as
    So how do these numbers falsify my calculation of BB10 devices sold through to end customers based on information from BB conference calls?
    03-27-15 06:50 PM
  17. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    Bloody hell this is like talking to a child.

    You are applying the 65% percentage incorrectly.

    It DOES NOT apply to the sold through number as that article points out, It applies to the sold in number. The article is wrong. Blackberry's official reports are right.
    03-27-15 06:55 PM
  18. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    I'm not applying anything.
    "The number of BlackBerry 10 devices that sold through to end customers appears to have risen to about 1.7 "
    ("'ll double check when the transcript is available and update this post if necessary")
    03-27-15 06:59 PM
  19. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    I'm not applying anything.
    "The number of BlackBerry 10 devices that sold through to end customers appears to have risen to about 1.7 "
    ("'ll double check when the transcript is available and update this post if necessary")
    That article is wrong.

    I've said this numerous times now.
    03-27-15 07:04 PM
  20. Motosurf's Avatar
    They also were sold for a song in the interim..
    i believe money was not paid to them?
    03-27-15 07:05 PM
  21. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    That article is wrong.

    I've said this numerous times now.
    You say lots of things...
    03-27-15 07:06 PM
  22. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    You say lots of things...
    And I back up what I say with direct links to BlackBerry's financial reports.

    I mean seriously, it's not hard to understand.

    The numbers in your first post are incorrect. All of them.
    03-27-15 07:14 PM
  23. AhmadCentral's Avatar
    But anyway, looks like BlackBerry have released an official number for Q4. Only 870,000 units sold in during Q4 were BlackBerry 10 devices and not 1.23m as I previously estimated. Perhaps BB were talking sell through figures for 90%+.

    Looks like ~4.7m is the actual number of BB10 devices and 2.3m is the number of BB7 devices.
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    03-27-15 07:19 PM
  24. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    You're a funny guy.

    Some information to whom it may concern:

    - As at the end of fiscal 2015 [Feb, 28 2015], the Company had a user base of approximately 37 million.

    - During fiscal 2015, approximately 8.5 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers, which included shipments made and recognized prior to fiscal 2015 and which reduced the Company's inventory in channel.

    -The Company recognized revenue related to approximately 7.0 million BlackBerry handheld devices in fiscal 2015, compared to approximately 13.7 million BlackBerry handheld devices in fiscal 2014.Approximately 67% of the devices recognized in fiscal 2015 were BlackBerry 10 devices.
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    03-27-15 07:25 PM
  25. Maxxxpower's Avatar
    But anyway, looks like BlackBerry have released an official number for Q4. Only 870,000 units sold in during Q4 were BlackBerry 10 devices and not 1.23m as I previously estimated.
    Lots of things you "estimated" turned out to be wrong.
    03-27-15 07:28 PM
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