Originally Posted by
justinlee Ok, so we have all heard the media reports on BlackBerry's failure to capture a decent market share in the smartphone wars. I have my own thoughts on this, but i am interested to hear other's. Apologies if this type of thread has already been started....
My first BlackBerry was a Curve 8520 and I thought it was great especially for email. At the time that handset did everything i wanted it to. I was never huge on taking photos etc. To me a phone was a phone for calls and texts and whatever it did extra was a bonus.
I then wanted a Bold so i upgraded to the Bold 9780, which again I thought was a fantastic phone. Good looking, compact physical keyboard, Brilliant! Long story short my current handset is the HTC One and I chose this over the Z10 because to be honest for me BlackBerry went boring. Now i know a lot of Z10 users will not appreciate such comments, but i think although the Z10, Q10 are great handsets in their own rights, comparing them to what else is on the market they are just boring. Having used the Z10 I am so glad i did not opt for that smartphone. It still suffers from the typical BlackBerry issues. Slow (compared to others) browser, restarts etc.
At the end of the day BlackBerry put a lot of hype around the Z10 and Q10, but they have both been a huge let down. Although I don't like and have never owned an iPhone at least Apple are constantly improving their devices and make them look fashionable. Me personally I am Android all thee way now as their OS is smooth and just works. Simple!
It took me a long time to leave BlackBerry as email is important to me and i was always under the impression that BlackBerry was the best and most secure as it uses PUSH email. Well, HTC One and many other smartphones all have PUSH email too. Now, BBM is coming to Android.. What really is the point in owning a BlackBerry anymore? This is not an insult to BlackBerry users as i think their handsets are good. I just wonder who agrees / disagrees with me on this.
Over to you...
Well the point of owning a BlackBerry is this: I have a job, I make money, I spend the money on what I like. I like my Z10. I prefer it to other phones.
This cell phone duopoly mentality is ridiculous. Why are people so dead set on only 2? Every other product on the planet is better for having many brands and choices. But when it's phones, no, we only want 2.
It's mental.
That's the end of my rant for the day. Thank-you.
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