How is that a troll post? If you can't see the writing on the wall for Apple you're either in the "reality distortion field" people joke about or you just don't see the trends.
Yes, that was too long. I'll keep it short(er). It's not the same situation:
BB worldwide sales peaked in Q4 2010 with 14 million units and have fallen steadily every quarter since (comparing YoY). iPhone sales have just hit 47 million units per quarter (vs 37 million YoY) and have not shown signs it's going to decrease anytime soon.
BB refused to get rid of their hard keyboard until it was too late and so the competition had hardware advantages (bigger screen size, changeable/moveable keyboard). At the time, their competition came out with completely new form factor AND an app store which no one else had at the time. Tablets using the same platform didn't exist. It's the platform that matters, NOT the phone. You claim to sort of understand this, but then you go on to forget all about it.
Back then, the hardware was inferior and the platform didn't have anything to hold you. Thus, it was easy to leave. This time, their hardware is not significantly different (or better) than anyone else's. It's equally as good at best. But, there still aren't any apps, media, or integration with other devices to hold you to their platform. So it's STILL easy to leave. The only people who would go to that platform are the people who would leave just as easily. They are more of a "threat" to Android with less device integration, than iOS. But even Google can still sleep pretty soundly tonight. Hell, I'm not even sure Microsoft is threatened much by this new Blackberry.
Some of tech geeks are so freaking obsessed with hardware specs and whatever the newest shiniest toy is that you forget that rest of the population (99%) doesn't care. Unless it looks significantly better, operates significantly better, or somehow makes their life much easier, very few people who have an iOS device are going to switch. There are now over 400 million iOS users. Tell me in what universe you're in that you think Blackberry is going to convert 400 million with this magical new phone? Because conversion is exactly what they need if they have any shot of taking back marketshare.
I'm not saying that Apple can afford to stand still. But it's a freaking delusional joke that you think Blackberry's going to take back its marketshare with this phone. Esp after it's lost its corporate clientele who have also all moved onto either iOS or Android. "Writing on the wall"?? You're preparing the obituary for Apple because of one phone announcement, and I'm in the "reality distortion" field?
Apple's stock is slowing down
Apple's stock being down has to do with fear, not reality. You clearly are one of these people hitting the panic button.
they've reported decreased sales of the iPhone
I think you meant "increased". Let me check...37 million iPhones sold in Q1 2012, 47 million iPhone sold in most recent Q1 2013 (with 1 wk less in this year's quarter too). Yup. You meant "increased". By 27%. With one less week of sales.
BTW, I say all this as a former Blackberry owner and fan. A lot has changed in the last 4 years. Blackberry needs a lot more than just a phone and new OS to get back to the top. Quite frankly, I like Microsoft's odds better.
Your real problem is that you have bad case of tech ADHD. You probably complain that OS X Mountain Lion isn't innovative enough and is the same OS as Cheetah. If you TRULY believe that iOS hasn't changed much since 2007, please prove me wrong and go back to iOS 1.0. Better yet, please go get that new Blackberry. Can't stand to hear anymore of you Chicken Little's anymore. Like nails on a chalkboard.
