I remember BlackBerry hitting its peak in South Africa somewhere in the early 2010s, the key driver down here was the BIS package, R60 (~$3.75) per month for unlimited data/internet connectivity which is a great deal given the high cost of data down here.
When they brought out the BB10 devices (e.g. Z10) with the BIS package removed, they began free falling almost immediately. Most of my family and friends had BBs be it for work or personal usage but I chose Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPad at the time, very happy I did, I could tell BBs were nothing outside of their keyboards.
I always used to go and look at the top flagship BlackBerry of the specific year, look at it’s hardware and wonder why the hell anyone would want it, at some point the 9810 Torch was the best they had and it was nothing in comparison to the Androids and iPhone at the time. I remember trying out a relative’s 9810 Torch alongside my Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100) at the time and being so shocked at how behind the 9810 Torch was and that was BBS best effort that year. BB were clueless when it came to building a phone for Media consumption & graphically driven Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, Vine (at the time) etc…) and you could tell.
When they brought out the BB10 devices (e.g. Z10) with the BIS package removed, they began free falling almost immediately. Most of my family and friends had BBs be it for work or personal usage but I chose Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPad at the time, very happy I did, I could tell BBs were nothing outside of their keyboards.
I always used to go and look at the top flagship BlackBerry of the specific year, look at it’s hardware and wonder why the hell anyone would want it, at some point the 9810 Torch was the best they had and it was nothing in comparison to the Androids and iPhone at the time. I remember trying out a relative’s 9810 Torch alongside my Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100) at the time and being so shocked at how behind the 9810 Torch was and that was BBS best effort that year. BB were clueless when it came to building a phone for Media consumption & graphically driven Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, Vine (at the time) etc…) and you could tell.