Originally Posted by
Jas00555 This probably makes the most sense, but still... It just seems really odd to skip numbers like that for the sole reason of having some connection to the letter X. It would make way more logical sense to just go to the next generation number, plus, it probably wouldn't leave people wondering "where's BB8 & BB9?"
It's mainly because that BlackBerry 10 is not an upgrade of any previous software, it is a brand new software.
BlackBerry 7 couldn't really be upgraded anymore. So, instead of upgrading, they bought a new software called QNX, and then they built on top of that.
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