Originally Posted by
chinadrian If BlackBerry does not get it right this summer sad to say I am out. Years of dedication but need to knock it out the park this summer. Samsung or iPhone looks tempting right now. No joke! After new 10.2.1 update was great but having issues with Google n stuff working properly. I mean come on man!
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I'll agree with alternatives are looking temping right now - I've been going back and forth (successfully save for nostalgia) to iOS4.3/5/6/7.1.0 and BBOS6/7.1/BB10 for the past few years now.
My personal reasons:
I want a quality (materials & fit and finish) handset,
I feel very comfortable with a manufacturer that backs what they build like their word!! (Apple does this, nobody else does)
I feel confident in the mobile OS and hardware products if WIDELY used by the company employees themselves from the Executive level to the joe schmo sales guy at the store! (people would refere to iOS users as Sheep, I call it common sensibilities; with these 3 listings alone).
I feel that my investment matters beyond myself, since the company holds itself and it's products to high levels of scrutiny by those that use it! (again see my 3rd point above: I know of only 1 Nokia executive that has publicly used and shown consistently using an S60 device in their heyday. I don't see many of the current, even recently shifted, executives caught using an Android/Nexus device outside of a conference/interview/announcement ~ albiet this maybe company policy hinderence as not showing a particular partner as a preference, and this is why Glass is looking to be popular and yet ubiquitous! BlackBerry ... only 1 time have you seen Heins using it outside of a press/interview/announcement, Chen again only 1 or 2 times since being their CIO, Lazaridis and Ballsillie DID consistently until their ousting.)
But for reliance on 1 web-based email/services outfit ... I'm sorry that's just your preference, plus Google making things difficult. They talk about all is open well if it was not mobile platform would have issues connect to their services, now would they?
Goes to show you ... some of the time, not all of the time.
Cheers and hope you do choose to stay with BB10 devices.