My dream come true! 50% of Blackberry users ditching their blackberry devices!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/b...-plan-to-defe/

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Nielsen has its own angle on the smartphone numbers game out today, and the results vaguely resemble the numbers from Canalys. Perhaps more interesting than the ever present market share tug-of-war (Nielsen pegs Google, RIM, and Apple at 27 percent, 33 percent, and 23 percent in sales to new smartphone subscribers, respectively) a note on brand loyalty turns out ugly for BlackBerry: while 89 percent of iPhone owners plan on getting another iPhone, and 71 percent of Android buyers plan to re-up, only 42 percent of BlackBerry owners plan to stick around. The defectors are pretty evenly split, with 29 percent planning to go iPhone, and 21 percent to go Android. That compares to 2 and 3 percent in the iPhone and Android camps planning a move to BlackBerry. We'll see if BlackBerry 6 can solve this little problem for RIM, but the few tweaks we've seen so far seem hardly capable of stemming the flow.

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I think you all know this is one company I wouldn't hate to see closing :P

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/b...-plan-to-defe/



I think you all know this is one company I wouldn't hate to see closing :P

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Hope so! Then at least I can make use of my WhatsApp Messenger when all my mates get an iPhone, fed up of everyone using BBM!

Blackberries are for Businessmen & women, and people who need to be well connected to their email... But then, the iPhone (in my opinion) does that alot better. I think it's just businessmen find touchscreen a bit gimmicky.

I always wonder why teenagers buy blackberries, it's just... Weird LOL.

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

Blackberries are for Businessmen & women, and people who need to be well connected to their email... But then, the iPhone (in my opinion) does that alot better. I think it's just businessmen find touchscreen a bit gimmicky.

I always wonder why teenagers buy blackberries, it's just... Weird LOL.

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Because they are ALOT cheaper than iPhones/good androids and they get to save money again through Blackbery Messenger (BBM). I see a lot of people using them for facebook at school so I guess they must be ok at browsing the internet.

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Originally Posted by Apple

Because they are ALOT cheaper than iPhones/good androids and they get to save money again through Blackbery Messenger (BBM). I see a lot of people using them for facebook at school so I guess they must be ok at browsing the internet.

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True on price... Yeah, I just think they're iPhones/androids for poor people/kids who can't be trusted with expensive goods then. Everyone should have an iPhone, full stop. (LOL singleminded)

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

True on price... Yeah, I just think they're iPhones/androids for poor people/kids who can't be trusted with expensive goods then. Everyone should have an iPhone, full stop. (LOL singleminded)

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Single minded or not, you are right! My mum has had the purple blackberry curve and never really thought much of it, got the samsung galaxy and thought it was too complicated then I finally persuaded her to get the iPhone 4 and she LOVES it!! She is never off it now, I think the fact that I have had virtually the same phone for over 3 years now (the iPhone) and I love it and use it just as much as I did the day I got it, it made her realise that it must be something special.

The BB is the version for older people the Iphone is for the young people :)

I've never really had an issue with Blackberrys.

What always has confused me is is all of the young people getting them and using outside of the environment they're intended for - business.

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Originally Posted by JustAbii.x

The BB is the version for older people the Iphone is for the young people :)

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What do you mean by version?

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Originally Posted by N!ck

I've never really had an issue with Blackberrys.

What always has confused me is is all of the young people getting them and using outside of the environment they're intended for - business.

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I guess it's just because they are a good phone for the price, they appeal to all kinds of people really.

i like my blackberry, but only cos its cheap :L ok its not a bad phone, i like the keyboard tbh but i would like an iphone. I might try something different when this contract ends.