BlackBerry has shared some news that is sure to disappoint those who love the BlackBerry Classic. The company has decided to end manufacturing of the phone, meaning once the existing stock sells out you won't be able to purchase one anymore. In an effort to continue to innovate, BlackBerry has decided to update its available lineup with only "state of the art devices".
From BlackBerry's announcement:
To keep innovating and advancing our portfolio, we are updating our smartphone lineup with state of the art devices. As part of this, and after many successful years in the market, we will no longer manufacture BlackBerry Classic. For many years, Classic (and its BBOS predecessors) has been in our portfolio. It has been an incredible workhorse device for customers, exceeding all expectations. But, the Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone in today's market. We are ready for this change so we can give our customers something better – entrenched in our legacy in security and pedigree in making the most productive smartphones.
If you are looking to pick up another Classic before you can't, you can check with your carrier or purchase one unlocked online before they are all gone. BlackBerry claims it is still on track for a BlackBerry OS 10.3.3 release next month, with a second update coming next year as well. While it is sad to see the Classic be put to rest, it will be exciting to see what BlackBerry has coming in the future.
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BlackBerry will no longer be manufacturing the Classic
BlackBerry is making a big mistake to discontinue the Classic form factor. Those of us who use their BB, especially the ones with the keyboard, as a tool are being maligned for the sake of apps that suck up time. Who cares about Pokemon Go! I don't and that's not what need the BB for. Mr. Chen said that the smartphone business is saturated, sure it is, but what sets the Classic and Passport apart from all the iPhone look-alikes is the keyboard and the fact that it is a productivity tool like no other. I have an iPhone too.... but I absolutely hate it for typing any emails.
BB needs to keep the physical keyboard form factor and offer it with the Android OS if they must - if what they are deciding to do is phase out BB10.
It is very disappointing and I hope Mr. Chen is listening.
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I may the only person in Cambodia using a Blackberry...
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Now.......we know why it is truly called, "Classic" because it will be in the future..
How about some good news from BlackBerry for a change?
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sad news indeed
Ill definitely grab a classic before its out of market
I love my Classic-each BB I've owned is wonderful; the BB10 phones I've had (Zed 10 and Classic) are the best phones ever. Having Blend is like carrying your computer and your work around in your hand. Best OS ever-and I can't wait to see the next BB10 phone!
Whoever said I want the right tool not the latest tool basically summed up the blackberry experience. I guess manufacturing Classics costs money. If I was in charge is give it a refresh and keep selling it at lower prices. The money spent in developing BB10 hardware and software has just been an utter waste. I would ride it down to bankruptcy if necessary. They should be able to sell classics for cheap, unlocked, all day long.
The real problem is that blackberry has been in panic mode so long it has no philosophy.
Sigh. Guy is driving me and my wife around on a tour. Sees my Passport SE, and recognizes it as a Blackberry, which is rare in my experience. Then goes on to tell me that they are not making any more Blackberries period. I tell him that no, they just discontinued making the Classic. How the discontinued production of one phone has snowballed into the rumored death of all Blackberry devices is amazing. And probably means that in 6 months, that guy will be right... unless they start to be at least a little aggressive with marketing to let the world know that they are still trying.
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Just fix and release the BlackBerry10 OS update already.
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Guess what? Another crappy overpriced android BlackBerry phone that nobody will buy.
I have one backup Classic just in case anything happens to my current Classic. But with this piece of news, I might have to buy a couple more backups.
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Encrypt data to and from the phone for the average consumer and Blackberry just might get back on their feet other than that they are just a dog with no teeth.
The problem now that the Classic is gone, it will be replaced by a BlackBerry running Android. So any BlackBerry running BB10 will eventually became outdated......so not much point snapping up BlackBerry 10 handsets because it looks like there will not be many updates coming for OS10.........i want a BlackBerry running the latest BlackBerry 10 OS . I will not buy a BlackBerry running Android......if I'm forced over to android I'll buy an Android handset running Android OS. Nice, cheap and disposable.
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I don't understand why the media is making such a big deal out of this. It's about time Blackberry stopped making the Classic. It's totally outdated, and is difficult to manufacture. so it's time to move on and produce something more up to date. The news of the Classic being discontinued should of been positive news. And yes they did the right thing announcing that the Classic would be discontinued. The media will always try to spin anything Blackberry does in a negative light, so best thing is to just do it, and be done with it. Lets face it the Classic was an embarrassment, and made BB a laughing stock, with 2 year old spec at launch, and now its 5 year old specs, and people wonder why the phone was stopped.
Expected.
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Keep the Classic......get rid of Chen
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Here! Here!
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So glad I picked one up last week. I'm just disappointed the blue & particularly the white didn't see wider release.
i love it....instead of looking down the road 18 months ago , knowing that eventually the old chipset wont be made anymore, they could have worked on atleast a somewhat updated version, after all it is the best seller of the current line and used the most by industry and goverments....no vision at all...oh thats right...all the bb10 engineers are collecting unemplyoment
I thought the rest of BB10 device already stop being manufactured, Q10, Passport, Classic, Z30 are super hard to find in asia since last years, only refurb from shady mobile phone shops are available, if you go to any shop, they will laugh when you ask for blackberry.
If you go up to the wristwatch counter at Wal*Mart and ask about an Omega or a TAG-Heuer, they also would probably laugh, if they even know what these things are. Timex is a lot more popular and sells vastly more units than Rolex. Does that, and the fact that the Wal*Mart clerk laughs, mean that Timex is obviously the better choice and the way to go for me as the customer?
What difference does it make what's popular and what does or doesn't make sales clerks laugh if the products they propose do not meet our needs? BlackBerry people need a mobile device which is first and foremost designed for very accurate and pleasurable writing on the go. This is a tiny segment of the smartphone market. The bulk of the market is chiefly concerned with simple interfaces, simple shapes, bright colors, lots of fun games, apps and media consumption. The smartphone communication by people who favor these devices is mostly limited to "liking" something of someone else's, at a single touch if possible, or transmitting such essential comments as "LOL". The fact that a market is small does not make it inferior; it just makes it small.
What does the one market have to do with the other? What do we BlackBerry people care what touchscreen people think and vice-versa? It's like comparing the market for Mont Blanc pens with the market for Donkey Kong game consoles.
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I have already bought, ordered and received my back-up BBClassic. I feel like Kim Kardashian - a statement I never thought I would make in this lifetime.
Delivering bad news is never easy, but tested strategies can ease the process. I love my Classic, but I prefer to use every day Silver Edition. Goodbye Classic!
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Please BlackBerry continue producing Passport silver edition as your flagship smartphone. I LOVE IT 4Ever. We need OS 10.3.3 upto 10.4 ; 10.5 etc.
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The Classic was really, really good but Passport Silver is much better and could be the ultimate BB if it were just a little narrower and had rounded top corners. God save BB10 o/s.
BlackBerry management are confused.
Distracted and confused by all the voices telling them to join the pack and make a BlackBerry version of the same thing the other guy is making, they have lost touch with reality.
The reality is, BlackBerry, (and you should know this without needing to have a house fall on you,) you are not in the smartphone business; you are in the BlackBerry business. Over time, you have lost that portion of the market who used to purchase BlackBerry devices until they discovered that, for them, a smartphone is primarily a camera/game console/media consumption device.
They're gone -- forget about them. Good riddance.
Now you can eliminate that distraction and focus on your job, making money by making BlackBerry devices -- that is, devices that are primarily intended for accurate, professional, mobile written communication. This is a small market. Your target customer who requires this specialty tool with thus have to pay accordingly.
All of the posts on CrackBerry that compare BlackBerry devices with iPhones and Android devices are worthless -- you can disregard them completely. They are written by people who don't get it and they've got you all discombobulated. You are not competing with these devices either in terms of handsets or operating systems.
The company that makes precision microscopes that professionals need for their work doesn't screw around with their microscopes every year to try to be hip and make them more like the products of another optical company whose business is really cool and popular sunglasses. If they were to do such a foolish thing, the precision microscope manufacturer of long standing would soon go out of business by alienating their customers.
That is precisely the course you are presently pursuing.
Here's another illustration that might help you understand: The Beatles and the Berlin Philharmonic both make money by selling records -- they're pretty much all black, twelve inches in diameter, round and very flat. Here's the catch -- they have different markets. The Beatles one is really, really big and popular with the kiddies who have little money but a great fondness for a simple, strong beat, continual change to satisfy their minuscule attention spans, and repetitive screams of "yeah, yeah, yeah!" The other market, much smaller, consists primarily of older, generally square, rich people who are not so big on the screaming, and choose instead to support the Philharmonic (it's priced accordingly). The Beatles sell zillions of records; the Philharmonic relatively few.
Two different business models. Both involve records. Both make money. That is all they have in common.
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.....and yet every time I'm forced to deal with my wife's iPhone 5s I need to suppress my urge to destroy it. I despise iPhones, and don't get why they are so popular. Other than the fact that it effortlessly links to my iMac, (don't get me started on how overrated I think THAT thing is) I find it annoying to use and impossible to type on with any degree of speed or accuracy. At least they're overpriced though, so they've got that.
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I stop seeing BlackBerry handsets for a while, the last one was my sister Q10, now she rocking a new iPhone 6S Plus and said she will never go back.
via Z30
Classic is a nice device. I almost got one when I switched to AT&T, but opted for a Passport. I also checked out a Priv and was impressed. I was just not ready to make the jump.
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Dear John Chen,
I am writing you this letter on my BlackBerry Classic. I have had only Blackberry in my life. It was my first love, and it continues to be there, over and over, through the years. No one gets it! All my friends are Droid/iOS users. Because of everything going on, and what you and Blackberry must be going through, I wanted to express some joys, and a few fears that are very real to me.
My first cell phone was in 2008. I went to boost mobile, and as I looked through devices, it was a Blackberry I fell in love with. I couldn't wait to get my hands on the device, and it was love at first track pad roll. I have owned a iphone 6s for about 4 months. And a droid for 5,But keep going back to Blackberry. Power, Form, Function. The multitasking and accuracy is amazing on a Blackberry. And so I've never touched any device, other than the ones I tested for a few months. Blackberry is my everything.
Now on to what makes me terribly sad, the dis continuation of the Blackberry Classic. What the **** are you people doing? BBO7 was to me, amazing. And the Blackberry Bold 9900/9930 series, in my words, got it right. I love that device. And I still love and use it. I love all Blackberry devices ( aside from the really lower end ones. But I especially dream of getting a Porsche Design) but I keep going back, to my bold 9930. My worst fear is that RIM will never be able to build a phone that equals the Bold 9930, and it's coming true.
You said that you'd wanted to Honor Blackberry die hards with the Classic. And as much as I adore this device, it is unfortunately, Lax. You did honor us by putting the native tool belt back. It was amazing to see on a BB10 device, but Aesthetics aside....... that's all you did, was put a tool belt on a new device......that's it.
The Blackberry Bold was so special, because of its form (Very High End) the grip and weight of the phone I love!! But mostly, the Bold 9930 was customization aspect is something I love. I could chose different fonts and change the style of the device with different themes and I was in heaven because, I was also a dorky kid.
I'm asking you, no I implore you not to lose sight of why Blackberry is so special, and why I was almost in tears when I heard the Classic is discontinued. I read somewhere that the Blackberry Bold 9900/30 may be reinvented. I am hanging on to you guys tooth and nail, simply because I know Blackberry is great, I believe in Blackberry. PLEASE (if it is true that a new Bold will eventually be a reality) make it great! Not good or exactly like the Bold, but make it GREAT! Every time I look at my BlackBerry Classic and my Bold 9930, I smile.
Blackberry has always been a leader, so be a leader, and don't let the best part of Blackberry die.
I hope you have a wonderful day, week, year ahead. And I hope, that Blackberry will continue on the right path. And if a Blackberry Bold is released, please don't put a took belt on it and call it a Bold. It's more than that, and it always will be.
I believe in you Mr. Chen and I believe in Blackberry. After all, it was and always has been, my first love.
Regards,
Alberto Antonio.
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Interesting read, wonder if Mr. Chen will actually read it. One can only hope.
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I'll love my classic until it's death, or batteries death. Then i'm on the hunt to get a power bank to attach to a cheap case and a right-angle microUSB connector to allow it to be powered and used for longer than it's battery's life or devices life cycle.
Typed using my QNX powered BlackBerry Classic running 10.3.2.2876 on WINDmobile HSPA+
There is no such thing as "old technology" or "new technology"; there is only right technology -- the right tool for the job. That is what the Classic is that all the other phones are not. Classic users are precisely the people who, wisely, have no interest in change for the sake of change. When you need a hammer, or a stapler -- that's what you need; you don't need some "better", newer technology that is only "better" in someone else's opinion. But if you do need a hammer or a stapler, just try to make your own, or use something else to do the job when there's none around. That is the iPhone/Android experience for the person who needs a Classic.
And that is the key and the only important point, and the one that BlackBerry seems to have lost here. There is nothing else to do serious mobile writing with because no matter what people may claim -- you can barely write an intelligible sentence, much less whip off whole documents, on an iPhone, or manage e-mail efficiently on a Galaxy. Those phones and those like them are first and foremost cameras and game consoles with provision for writing anything beyond "# LOL" being purely an afterthought.
I would have paid $1000 or $1500 for my Classic 2 if that had been the price because I'm giving you my money for the RIGHT tool, not your LATEST tool.
Unless BlackBerry reverses this stupid decision, this will be my last smartphone and I guess I'll be switching to some kind of small notebook, thereby going backwards -- carrying around a thing four times the size of my Classic.
BlackBerry: It's not about volume sales to kids who want "apps". I have money -- I would have paid you double or triple if necessary for a new Classic so that you could have made your money with fewer units sold.
Way to go: Now you get $0.
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Why is to stop to making a phone that nobody buys anymore such a bad thing? It's what business are supposed to do.Cut production and clear remaing stock to make room for newer and better devices. That's business 101 folks.
Would love to see a Classic Android. It may not be possible, but it is OK to wish!!
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My employer uses Z10, Classic and Leap. My own is a Cobalt Blue Classic. Shame the bronze was never made.
Guess I'll buy a spare Classic now, as prices have dropped. Classic made me a Chen cheered, from when he first publicised them.
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I am now sadly contemplating giving up on BlackBerry all together.
Love the brand but they have a few lag bugs to work out in the Priv and sadly my Passport seems to be selling my soul and I keep getting tracked around websites like a murderer after I read my emails.
It's obvious that we don't have any privacy whatsoever on BlackBerry products and so why fight to keep a brand on my side pay for a monthly charge to be the victim of some corporation's advertising department.
Security of the phone from getting hacked may be the only thing they do best privacy got thrown out the window.
Sure seems to me like BlackBerry must get a kick back from Google to open their phones up for advertising or else how could my phone advertise to me my line of work so darn much?
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
BlackBerry was very very stupid in making this announcement "alone". They fully well new there stock price would drop, and then all the negative comments and announcements that would follow.
What they should have done was at least announce one of there new Droid devices coming out soon and as a result they will discontinue the classic due to its dates specs.
If they had done it this way there wouldn't be soo much negative remarks. In fact ppl would have giving them positive ones!!.
No effortt in thinking things through again!!! And I thought Chen is suppose to be the turn around king!
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BlackBerry Classic is an awesome device.... it's sad that they have to stop the production.
Now I wonder, what is the next device that they are going to stop beside BlackBerry Classic? Since rumor have arise that BlackBerry is working to launch 3 Android Phones (Neon,Argon,Mercury).
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Wondered why you can't just specify which OS you want when you buy the phone. Why can't a PRIV run BB10? Why couldn't my Passport run Android? What would it take to be able to have that choice when you ordered your phone? I remember when you could run Windows on a Mac, don't know why you couldn't do this. That way you'd appease the BB10 faithful AND potentially attract new customers who actually want Android.
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State of the 'alphabet'
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Just wondering. So what other BB10 phones are they still manufacturing? Passport/SE, Q10? Leap?
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Would it be possible to make a state of the art phone running both BB10 or Android from BlackBerry?
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Google-Facebook-twitter-Apple(mac) are all into DATA MINING! They want All of your Contacts,texts, email,photos...Everything!
BB10 blocks Data Mining so BB10 must be eliminated. That is why there will Never be any BB10 app that works properly on facebook, whatsapp, iMessage etc.
Google and apple can put pressure on app developers.......few BB10 apps, no updates, then None!
Chen may not have much choice. IMHO.
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You have just given the NUMBER ONE reason above all others that I far prefer the BB OS! I tell people every day about the way that only BB10 means I can control every category so that NO app is given access to my contacts, camera, files, location or anything else I don't want to share! And a well written app can still function without the access! My BlackBerry maps isn't given GPS unless I (rarely) want to use it for directions. If I only want to know how far one place is from another it doesn't matter whether it knows where I am! So it tells me it can't locate me, I say ok, and then I get the answers I want! No big deal! Android apps are different, if you deny a flashlight app access to your microphone (which it obviously doesn't need to have just to function) it refuses to open. Yet they say android is superior?
Just my $.02, YMMV ! ;-) sent via my Q10
Enough guys enough!! You can all moan as much as you like. It's so obvious that nobody at BlackBerry really give a dam about the one thing that has kept BlackBerry going. You. The hard core BlackBerry fan. I'm not going to be forced into buying an android BlackBerry that's for sure.....when you start looking at other options there isn't really that much to choose from. I have a new Z10 in a sealed box. I have a passport company device my personal device is a P9982 so I'm good for a couple of years.....Let's see where BlackBerry is then. Remember it's not about you the BlackBerry fan, it's about the share holders.
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Many here were complaining about quality applications.. now I've some one calls WhatsApp face book vibes or Skype as quality apps, then I would say blackberry is not for them. Blackberry OS10 is an amazing software. I am using z10 since three years now, just changed batted twice, that is it... till today it works flawless and as brand new phone performance. I can see many androids and apple phones lag by every software update, on contrary blackberry updates improved the performance. The beach of these devices is you need no home buttons... those who need quality, blackberry is the best.. excellent for email handing,BBM and most business oriented apps.. what a shame they are giving upon this rather than bringing few popular apps to the BlackBerry OS...
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Yep Z10 is still a great all touch device. Really like the form factor. Shoot it operates better today than when released!
Z10 on 10.3.2
OK so right now the Classic is still listed for CDN$500 on BlackBerry's site. If I order one I'm betting the next thing I see is a super sale price 2 days later?
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Classic ruled.
It's gone.
Posted via CB10 on the President Underwood version of the BlackBerry Classic
The Priv is not state of the art. Still prefer the Passport over every device.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
I used torch 9800 then 9810 and now I'm using my Q10 I think I will buy a classic as a backup phone now because my q10 seems to be acting up at times... only downside I'm seeing is having to buy another bedside-docking station... blahhhh.
Mind you though... if Vienna comes out I may get one as I don't mind the droid OS...
David C.
They should officially announce the end of BB10 devices too because unofficially it's almost final.
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A BlackBerry is only a BlackBerry when the OS in the device is a BB10 OS. And when it's supported and when it's being updated and developed. That's it. Anything other is just for market share. Let's say the 1% market BlackBerry has doubled with the android OS, that will still only be 2% of the market. Still far too small for a company like BlackBerry. So what will BlackBerry do after this screw up? I've had a BlackBerry since 1999 and still use a BlackBerry. In fact I use a P9982. My affair with BlackBerry has lasted longer than my marriage. Well I gave it may best shot! Sometimes it's best to say goodbye. And a BlackBerry running on Android will never get me excited. So it's goodbye and good luck, it's been emotional!! X
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In other news Samsung no longer makes the S5 or Note 4. And LG no longer makes the G3. And Apple no longer makes an iPhone 6. The media and some on here make me shake my head. If you want a new BlackBerry there will be one. It will just be Android based. If you like your BlackBerry 10 device then happily keep on using it as it will be supported and updated into 2017. I am not sure any 4 year old Android OEM's outside of Nexus will run or have Nougat in 2016 or 17. Shoot most are not even on Marshmallow statistically speaking.
Z10 on 10.3.2
Glad I just got mine exchanged through warranty.
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You know what is coming up in the future. Another BlackBerry with android OS. Not for me thanks.
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I just moved from iphone 5s to Classic, I love Classic and planning to buy one more to my wife.
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Loving my new Passport
Gets oohs and aahs everywhere I go
And almost everyone says the same thing...
'I used to LOVE my BlackBerry '
And I follow up by saying, 'but you just LIKE your current phone, right?'...
And they all just nod, with a look of nostalgia
Says a lot
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I've been on a BB since my 7100 and love the Classic. Off to buy a new one to keep in the drawer in case my current one throws in the towel.
I first heard of the Classic right after I bought my Q10. Had I known it was coming I'd have waited. I love the Q10 but I really wanted the tool belt.
My use case: a working electrician who likes wearing thin gloves, and uses the phone 95% for work. Touch screens can be maddening to infuriating. There will probably never be another phone so appropriate for me as the Classic.
I'd been waiting for my Q10 contract to expire before buying an unlocked Classic - which I will probably do now even though I'm buying a relic. I already bought a case for it that works like the wonderful vertical clam shell I have on the Q10 - full protection, one-handed operation. I don't give a flying hoot for all the little toy apps. Most of what I need came with my Q10.
I love my wife's Passport SE but it's way too big for the gig.
I know I'm in a micro-niche but I wish some company would take it seriously. I saw an ad recently for a "construction-hardened" phone branded by DeWalt or Cat or somebody but it's just another touch slab. Yech. So wrong.
Actually a flip phone with a tool belt is my lonely dream!
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For the record: bought a Classic, 10% off. They can go on blow-out sale now.
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OMG I got my Classic. For me it is the perfect device.
At work I can wear my fave gloves and do everything, quickly and conveniently, without EVER having to touch the **** screen. HEAVEN. When I'm off work I have a wonderful BB10 gesture-enabled touch screen if I wish to finger-paint. But the track pad is soooo wonderful that I typically don't!
Despite being only slightly bigger than my Q10 the screen seems huge and is far brighter - a real plus outdoors.
If they go on blow-out sale I will buy at least one back-up. This is the phone I should've had from the start.
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BlackBerry fans prepare your move ! Blackberry may not exist any more
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Def have to get one this Summer....
1st, whatsapp no longer support bb10. Now, no more classic. BlackBerry really going down huhu
#postedviabbclassic
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Should keep my BlackBerry Classic then...
Posted via my awesome BlackBerry Classic
Ain't surprised, lol I don't even have a mobile company to turn too at this point. At least I'll sink with BlackBerry till then end.
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So from what I've read the 10.3.3 isn't do for another month? Wow I thought it would be released sometime this month.
Posted via CB10 Powered by QNX
The security certification is handled by a 3rd party and is outside of BlackBerry's control..
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Glad I purchased my classic already geez.. its a great phone
Does this mean, Priv and passport ( qwerty) phones are towards extinction too
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"To keep innovating and advancing our portfolio, we are updating our smartphone lineup with state of the art devices. "
Provided state of the art doesn't just include android devices.
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Their not that productive in acquiring parts.
So classic its history
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Their not. That productive in acquiring parts
So classic
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Many years manufacturing the Classic? Many years??
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I have a question. Out of context...but couldn't find any other place to ask. Whatsapp support ends by 2016. Will the supposedly 'new' Whatsapp work on bb10 using Android runtime? The current one DOES work
Doubt it... but the native whatsapp should still work after 1/1/2017
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Nooo, i've the classic and I could say that this BlackBerry is the best I've ever had
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end of rim and end of crackberry
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
1. RIM hasn't existed for years..
2. Go back to Android Central
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Was underpowered a lot
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Blackberry thinks they are still high and mighty, why are they still selling classics for $379? Why would I pay that for a 2 year old device? I love Blackberry and always will and I'll hoard all my devices until they fall apart in my hand, but just a little common sense will go a long way.
Berry happy Q10, Q10, Passport, 9900, Z10 and now the ZED 30......
Are they supposed to practically given them away? I get what you are saying but you do realize the still cost money to make... and BlackBerry's handset division isn't profitable as it is.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Now, we need a Verizon Passport SE
Posted via CB10
BlackBerry 10 is officially dying. I am preparing myself for this. Andorid won't help. Too many Android devices in the market already, what makes BlackBerry stand out? Security and physical keyboard? They don't play such a vital role when you choose your Android smartphone.
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Why is everyone over reacting? The phone is almost two years old. That's stone age in today's world. They can't sell them forever. Move on to the next offering whatever it will be.
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2 year old phone with more 2 year old specs!!
People always like to find a blame on BlackBerry even when it doesn't make a valid point!
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Exactly!!!! Does anyone freak out when Apple stops making the iPhone 5S because the new iPhone 7 is coming out? Seriously... smfh
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Apple doesn't make the mistake of announcing its end of life.
I was debating between getting a Classic or Passport. I decided on the Passport and just got it last week. It is amazing!!! I can get both BB10 (from BlackBerry World) and all the Android apps I need with downloading Google Play Store from Cobalt's page here in the Crackberry forums. If you are a gamer, then the Android apps are somewhat buggy with some. I am not a gamer, so the Android apps I use work great!!!
The Passport is an amazing smart phone!!
Posted via CB10
sorry but couldn't resist : it was an "Instant Classic"
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Good one
My boss sported the Priv last week and I saw a Passport Silver Edition in a IHOP about 4 months ago, but that's about it.
Now they should come out withz10 with Android... it is a great handset, with change in the ram...
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
....and the problem isn't the OS, it's the fact that a LOT of people don't even seem to be aware that Blackberry even exists anymore.
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Exactly.. my neighbor was shocked to see my Passport SE. He loves it but didn't even realize BlackBerry still made phones.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
He was likely trying to make you feel good about your decisions.
I get the same thing from people all the time. What is THAT?!? Wow, cool phone!..... followed by Really? Blackberry still makes phones? Sigh.
Posted via CB10
Surprisingly easy to use actually, I loved my Z10. Best virtual keyboard I've used, by far,
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I wonder what is stopping BlackBerry from offering a BlackBerry Classic device running on Android OS? If it is the OS that is the reason for the decline, then change the OS. The 'BB me-too' touch screen devices have no sense of aesthetics & I can imagine how difficult they might be to use without a full keyboard.
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The hardware for the Classic isn't made anymore (the chips used inside). They would have to make a whole new device.
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OK. I'm awake and had nothing better to do than read forums at 4am, God help me. It is HILARIOUS how sensitive some people on here are. Before certain hockey coaches get all uppity, I will mention that I have a Passport SE, and have only had Blackberry phones ever except for one Galaxy S3 that I traded after 10 months for $100 and a used Bold 9900. Hated Android, and never want to go back. Love BB10, love my Passport, and doubt I will ever have the chance to upgrade to another new BB10 device. I'll be lucky to upgrade to another Blackberry at all, the way it's looking. This does not make me a troll. This does not make me an anti Blackberry ******. This makes me realistic. I do not know one other person other than myself that owns a Blackberry. Not one. Funny thing is, almost everyone I know used to. And loved it at the time. How you can destroy a business that successful that quickly is incredible to me, but it has happened, and it hasn't finished yet. I want them to succeed, and if they ultimately don't, it won't be from lack of support from me. But if they still make hardware 2 years from now, I'll be amazed at this rate. They.Just.Don't.Sell.
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Don't worry... I won't call you out unless you start littering up each and every comment section with anti-BlackBerry FUD like Birdbrain and a few other regulars do. Not sure why you had to put me on blast in the first place considering my comments weren't directed at you... just sayin'
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Wasn't really trying to single you out, but I guess I kinda did. Anyways, from what I've read, I assumed you were more than capable of defending yourself, so no harm done.
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He's really intimidated by me.
I have never ever seen another BB10 phone. The few times I have seen a BB phone, it's always an older device.
I didn't know the Classic was a failure. I was interested in getting one (or future variant) because of the tool belt and compactness. I just can't let my Passport go!
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Why is it a "failure" just because they decided to stop making a 2 year old phone that has components they can't get anymore?
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
pretty unreal, i jumped shipped to android after having the z10 and z30. Was able to get a classic through work as a second device to use for my email, easily the best BlackBerry I have ever owned and the best phone I have ever used for email. Its a shame to see it go, hopefully it will be replaced with a similar device. Thankfully they built the thing like a tank, and with stellar battery life, so I will have this one for a while.
CN Rail still use BlackBerry 's, I see Z30's and classics.
Posted via CB10
Why I dislike chen. Let me count the ways. He is
1 incompetent
2 incompetent
3 incompetent
4 incompetent
5 incompetent
I could go on. But u get the message.
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R.I.P.
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Nothin freaking matters to u chen apologists. Updates don't matter it's not that important. Classic phone being discontinued doesnt't matter. U foolish ***** blackberry peons who like ur phones and hate blackberry management's decisions as well as that fool chen don't matter since all of us me included to not appreciate that chen is trying as hard as he can . All I can say is. I am completely flabbergasted by the complete ineptitude and incompetence by Chen and his minions for bringing a good company to bankrupcy. Goodbye blackberry. I hope chen and u apologists choke on ur illgotten gains
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My vision BlackBerry will licenses BlackBerry -Android for Business Needs, to other phone manufacturer. BlackBerry have the Intellectual Properties for 2 voices line SIM.
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LMAO! This is rich, clearly they just said the other day that this wasn't the case so just discontinue all BB10 - go out on your own accord cause the market spoke back in 2013...Sad times, the BLACKBERRY isn't the same household name it once was..Windows Phone and BlackBerry were the original popular " smartphone" then Apps took over, the mediocre franchise of Apple and Android, fed the masses while RIM and Microsoft rested on their LAURELS !
Did they not learn from Palm Pre (miss webOS can only imagine how AWESOME it would be in today's world) - Nextel, failed to STAY a head of the curve, don't get comfortable that is how competition steaks up on you! Even the Apple is losing its appeal with the credulous mindless drones that buy it as a status symbol....NOW is the time to STRIKE with something HOT and INNOVATIVE something to gaunter ATTENTION from EVERYONE - another Android OEM.....is just that...BlackBerry you aren't doing anything special here....The Priv, has been greatly discounted, my Classic is on its last leg, and I still want a physical keyboard for my second device.....so I am curious to see how well it performs, but nonetheless I already have a Nexus 6P so I am covered, the Priv was the next best thing for me given I want a physical keyboard.
If only we could go back in time....Jon Chen isnt to blame he is taking the grunt of a mistake that occured YEARS ago, RIM got comfortable plain and simple - on the verge of touchscreens and apps etc. BB10 should have been out like -07/08 to stand a chance
RIM should have started working on Android at that time. They'd be the #3 smartphone OEM in the world right now.
Because so many Android OEMs are making money. SmFh
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
What does that have to do with RIM's desire not to be in the top 3?
They won't beat samsung when it comes to android
Posted via CB10
Agreed. HTC, Motorola and LG and Sony all continue to bleed money on handsets. Some Chinese Android manufactures are doing quite well at the moment. The Android landscape 3 years from now will be interesting. Hopefully Blackberry will still be around - the only chance is if we all go out and buy the new Android devices. The Priv is too big for me so I'm waiting for this rumoured 5" phone.
Shhhhhh. Don't tell that to Birdbrain_38... in his little clueless world, ALL android OEMs are making money hand over fist.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Not all. But not all are losing money, as so many here like to believe.
Who cares if you are in the top 3 if aren't making a profit doing it...
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Name a top 3 OEM who is not making a profit.
Last I checked, the only one actually making a profit was Samsung.. LG, HTC, etc all bleeding money on handsets.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
So the reality is if we want Blackberry to still be making devices, we all need to get out and buy their Android devices. I was going to say "still making devices 3 years from now" but Chen looks to be only giving it till March 2017 (EOFY). I just hope they get enough support (buyers). I'll do my part!
Sent from my Classic
I just bought a Passport SE from shopblackberry about 4 months ago..
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
What about the Chinese manufacturers?
How can anyone be shocked by this? It's been pretty obvious for well over a year now. We can either embrace the new direction of Android or jump ship. I highly doubt we will see a BB10 device launch ever again. Again, no shock.
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In 3.5 years, I've yet to see one BB10 phone in public. BlackBerry is so done, time to retire my Z10 get a **** Droid phone bc what else is there??
Posted via CB10
I've seen a few Z10's but those people didn't have an upgrade path. So they switched to iPhone.
ZoMG.. in 30+ years, i've never seen a Rolls Royce in public therefore they are dead.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Lool I have not seen a Aston Martin in 3 years
Posted via CB10
I'm willing to bet you see a Rolls Royce more often than you think. You probably see one every day. Mind you, the cars aren't very popular likely due to their hefty price tags, but their turbines are strapped to millions of commercial airliners.
~TheRealFixxxer
Is an airplane engine a car? By your logic, I see BlackBerry (ie QNX) everywhere...cars, power plants, etc.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
First off you didn't specify car. Secondly you are 100% correct. You hit the nail square on the head. It's unfortunate that BlackBerry doesn't look like it will be in the handset business for much longer, however, I hope that's not the case. But even if it is, QNX will still be virtually everywhere. Even if the devices go the way for the dodo I'm OK with the fact that QNX will still be around in other industries.
~TheRealFixxxer
Until Microsoft buys BlackBerry. Then it'll be more Sync 3.
Sure thing BrokenClock_38
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
I love you sexycoach99
When MOST people hear Rolls Royce, they think cars... just sayin'
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Oh no doubt. But that's just like when most people hear BlackBerry they think handsets and when most people hear IBM they (still) think personal computer.
Im just saying BlackBerry has a handle, for now, in other sectors. As history has hopefully taught them it's best to capitalize on those markets in which they're the best game in town and grow rather than trying to pursue something that's now out of reach. It's unfortunate and I truly wish that wasn't the case, but focusing more on software just seems like the best option.
Continuing with QNX for military, automotive and medical applications will, at this point, yield far better profits than trying to convince a market that their product is better than the competition, regardless if it is or not, when the market has already spoken. That's not to say they have to get out of the handset business, but perhaps the current approach isn't the correct one. What is? Beats me. That's well outside my pay grade.
~TheRealFixxxer
Blackberry.... more like Deadberry
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".....exciting to see what BlackBerry has in store for the future.".......me thinks: not!
Posted via CB10
It is next month...are they going to keep saying next month?
Posted via CB10
oh no...this is what's going on with them now? Blackberry we are losing our identity...pleaese don't do it.
After watching this video, I'm glad I'm using a well secured BB10 device. Check it out y'all.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCZvCf4Ikw&feature=youtu.be
Posted via CB10
Any smartphone can be made secure from this type of threat with a simple passcode.
Not everybodhas a code....in 2 mintue a stranger can just use ur phone
Posted via CB10
Couldn't it be sideloaded on a BlackBerry if there's no passcode? And honestly, relinquishing your phone to a stranger and/or not locking/securing it is just survival of the fittest. A phone is no longer just a phone. It can have everything about you on it so if you wouldn't give your wallet to a stranger, why would you give your phone to one?
~TheRealFixxxer
Just a few observations from my experience. I have had a BlackBerry Classic since the day it was released. It was the first phone I bought unlocked, brand new and I can say I have had very little disappointment. Given my work in the business circle I see people using BlackBerry Classics a number of times. I am saddened to hear of its demise.
While the general populace seems to ride the success or failure of a phone on app availability/support, I wanted a device that would handle multiple email accounts for my business and also have a great physical keyboard to get it done -- sometimes typing while observing other things. I can't do that with a "soft" keyboard. The Classic got it done for me.
I hope they won't abandon the physical keyboard or I don't know where I will turn.
The build was also a nice touch, not only for the Classic but the Passport as well, it felt weighty/solid in your hands and a fine crafted piece of machinery. The other phones like Androids feel light and flimsy -- no wonder people are flipping them out of their hands and cracking screens.
A sad day for BlackBerry and for me.
John Chen here:
We would like to thank all the loyal BlackBerry Customers and even those Crackberry's for sticking with us all these years. While we tried to innovate and change to consumer demands. Our incompetent management dropped the ball. We tried to recover from the previous wrongs, but still can not gain any traction in the extremely competitive market place. We tried the appease our new and old customers by going android and while not selling as well as we would like. Our BB10 phones are not either.
So today i officially announce BB10 as DEAD and will only receive security patches when needed. Essentially giving it an EOL. We our in the MDM space and will continue to build great android devices that consumers and business users will like.
Take care and continue to enjoy the NEW Blackberry Android versions for a while longer. If the new devices we offer the masses later this year gain no traction we will be leaving the hardware business for good and only provide software solutions.
Thanks for the upfront confirmation JC
Posted via CB10
And that we've sold our 10 operating system back to Mike and with the backing of Jeff Bezos will continue the production of OS10 devices because frankly it takes a technical genius and a market genius, which I am neither to succeed in this mobile space.
Posted via CB10
In 8 years of traveling the southwest. I saw a few 9900's, two z10, three q10, and no passport but mine.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
BlackBerry will release 3 new Android devices this year. The bad news is that a very serious security flaw has just been discovered in Android phones running full disk encryption (FDE) and Qualcomm chips.....
Posted via CB10
Link please
This sucks period. I never understood how blackberry did what they did why won't they make a Android classic it would sell like hot cakes.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Imagine classic se edition
Posted via CB10
The Android thing is a dog's breakfast for BlackBerry. They are out of their depth with that BS OS. How can you go on about being a 'software company' if you don't even believe in your own software? Just sell the ******* company already and let's have an honest effort at keeping and improving BBOS as a viable alternative to the duopoly!
Posted via CB10
Occasionally see a 9900, have never seen another BB10, or Priv in the wild. Not one **** time. Pretty sad.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
So bb10 even for Gov is over?
Gosh I hope these new Android devices make it. This is it.
Posted via CB10
"State of the art devices"??? It's this some kind of joke? Where are those devices?
The Priv.
I don't see how this comes as any surprise to people, considering the trajectory BlackBerry has been on for the past couple of years and months. Let's all just hope that the Rome (or whatever name the folks at BlackBerry decide to give it) is well marketed and people actually know it's being launched.
I use the Classic and have no issues or complaints whatsoever. Though I really enjoy BB10, I'll probably give the Rome a try. Not looking forward to using Android OS... if anything ill jump back to my Classic. These so called, "state of the art devices" better be geared towards a larger market. BlackBerry and it's execs better haul *** to make this happen.
Posted via CB10
I can understand this. What I can't underhand is why they did not try to make android available on the classic or passport. True, bb10 is the best, but failing that.... ok this might have cut into sales of the Priv, but that argument is not supportable.
Posted via CB10
In short I think BlackBerry is bungling the transition to android.
Posted via CB10
Very true. It's their last chance to make their handsets division profitable again but they're taking too long. They admitted they learnt a lot with the Priv, but they should follow up sooner rather than later. Easier said than done, as we all know though.
I can take this as a positive and take it that BlackBerry will be planning to release a new BB10 device. Especially with the new advertisement video they put out. I don't see why would you be proud of legacy you plan to leave behind. Maybe they just want to be tight lipped about it and want to to be seen in the publics eye a little more before they say or do anything.
I miss my Z30.
Get another Z30 on ebay
Sadly, as a long time Blackberry fan and supporter, there is no chance of a new BB10 device coming out. If their handsets division becomes profitable again, it will have to be due to the upcoming Android devices. And if those devices do make that division profitable, I can't see how they could then go back to BB10, even if I do love BB10 myself.
So wait, the next device to be End of Life is the Passport..? But since the release date for Classic is later than Passport, does that mean the Passport still has a chance for a new model in the future??
BlackBerry Passport via CB10
Not at all.
I believe you will see a new Passport around the fall of 2017 running BBOS.
Posted via CB10
Only if another OEM buys BlackBerry to sustain BB10. Chances of that happening are slim to none.
If BlackBerry had apps they'd be fine but not happening.
Blackberry Passport
Hi
I disagree, there are 200,000 plus apps for BB10 and with Snap you can install any Android app. who needs 5000 GPS apps? I have Netflix, Shazam, Viber, running. The Blackberry was designed to be a business device. The quality of the apps are also far better from Blackberry World then the Play Store.
Cheers
Snap not working anymore properly , dev jumped ship.
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Worst thing other then making an Android phone yet. What is going to happen to all the IT Managers (like myself) and CIO's who standardized on BB10 devices, upgraded BES servers and made other changes in their IT infrastructure to support BB10. The BB Classic is the most widely used BB phone for CEO's and upper management. In the Health Care field Blackberry was starting to become a leader. There is no replacement for the Classic, the Passport is to large for most, the Leap has no physical keyboard, they stopped making the Z30 (Our nurses use Z30's for patient charting) and Z10 and Priv does not cut it for a corporate business device. So when my CEO's Classic dies what am I going to provide him with? an I-Phone? **** no, a Samsung or other Android device? **** x 2 no.
BB10 is the best OS for business and the corporate world, easiest to manage, virus free and all BB10 devices use the same flavor of the OS.
Blackberry is doing the opposite of what they should be doing, have Samsung and other manufactures build phones and licence BB10 to them. I would even pay more for a Samsung S6 with BB10 in a heartbeat.
Remember back when Apple had less then 2% of the PC market, they did OK.
I have a I-Phone 6, Samsung Alpha, Nokia 830 (Windows) and a Passport and I would take a Passport with a cracked screen over the other 3.
Ian MacFarlane
IT Manager
"I have an I-Phone 6, Samsung Alpha, Nokia 830 (Windows) and a Passport and I would take a Passport with a cracked screen over the other 3."
Here! Here! Great comment!
Ok, no problem
ok?
Hehe
You are not lying, I have iphone 6 and iPad pro but I like my passport se better...I been an iPhone fan since it came out and I never knew blackberry10 until last year....
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Great post Ian and who knew all the business people of the world wanted toys lol... With all those dependents on the BBOS it just baffles me that Mr. Chen is running around with his head cut off trying make the mythical app gap smaller. Those who want the fun stuff hand fed are already on Galaxy and iPhone. His current customer base is BB10 ers and the Classic, Passport, Z's and Leap (as a device for employees as its cost makes practical sense) are all solid business tools with a decent amount of fun added in and a solid foundation to build upon. The BlackBerry board are a bunch of muppets whose phones exceed their own intelligence. We need Mike back for god sakes! :)
Posted via CB10
"No longer be manufacturing"
Try "will no longer manufacture" or "will stop manufacturing the classic"
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I love my Q10.
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I have finally made the switch to Android by way of the PRIV. It's a nice device and all the apps working as they should work is a real treat but the OS sucks compared to BB10. It's a real shame it didn't catch on. I miss it terribly
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
how sad ☹ let's hope that BlackBerry will make another better classic
Posted via CB10
Alan 510 you are totally in right. BlackBerry is just making strange things all time. I don't remember that Samsung anounced something about the telefon discontinued. . They are just talking about new models not the old one.
BTW: When someone see my Classic a receive always the same question " do you still have a blackberry, where you buy it?"
Posted via CB10
BlackBerry 10 is still far away from everything. Whatsapp issue is not a problem. Android version is working without any problems. I'm just in love with BB10.
Posted via CB10
For the life of me I cannot understand why BlackBerry would ever do a blog post on this. Did they ever make a similar announcement for the Torch or the Bold series? So why do it? All you get is bad press and a drop in the stock. Both do nothing for the company's reputation. Sure they are going to launch another phone soon. I get that. But why not simply discontinue production and leave it at that. Other companies discontinue lines all the time but don't make public statements. I just don't get it. It just seems like an odd blog posting. Unless of course there's something else in the pipeline.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Good points....
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Samsung, apple and every other android company drops, old phones and they don't even announce it....you right
Posted via CB10
Very true. They just silently stop production and continue to support it with updates for a reasonable amount of time longer, in the background.
I completely agree on this point. It does not seem sensible to make the grand statement, just simply discontinue the phone. But then again I've been questioning Mr. Chen's leadership since his bungled foray into the Alphabet soup so a part of me is not surprised!
Posted via CB10
After reading all of this negative press about the Classic, I've decided to swap my SIM card out of my Passport and put it back into the Classic. Long live the Classic!
Posted via CB10
I had a Classic. For about a week, then returned it for a Passport. The 9900 was the rockin' est phone BlackBerry ever made, and the Classic was too close to right in too many areas, but not close enough. Great form factor, but not beasty enough to win the race. Passport is another horse altogether, and a great -if not the best phone yet. Classic with some horsepower would have done far better than it did. The Passport is a pain at times, but not so much as to look for an alternate. But I only work with mine. No app gap ever got my attention...
On 30 June they said 'next month'. That would be July. Now it's August??
Posted via CB10
Yes, its BlackBerry.
Posted via CB10
And the certification is done by a 3rd party... out of their control. Sheeesh.
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Smooth move BlackBerry.
BB delays unnecessarily in releasing new handsets. By d time its released its becomes obsolete or too late and they can't find market for it. Bcos it has taken too long in coming.
Posted via CB10
No, this is just all wrong. A perfect phone and it will be gone!!! Chen, you got it all wrong.
Using my Cobalt Blue BlackBerry Classic :-)
Unbelievable that the classic is still selling for $379 on shop Blackberry lol.
Berry happy Q10, Q10, Passport, 9900, Z10 and now the ZED 30......
Yup, I just sold my old one for $250!
Posted via CB10 for my sexy Priv
This phone should never have been made.
I loved my Classic, hated to sell it after I got my Priv. my wife loves hers also..BUT, they should have released it on Marshmallow to move people over that just had to keep their keys. The Leap is the one that shouldn't have been made..or at least release it with Marshmallow or Lollipop to get people migrated over. instead of releasing the Priv waaaaayyy to high to try and get people over to Android!
Posted via CB10 for my sexy Priv
You do realize that the leap is a BB10 phone, not Android.....
No surprises here.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Ok..so they drop the most affordable/ efficient qwerty keyboard phone on BB10 and keep the horrible Leap..really?? Not only should the Leap be discontinued, but it should be their "cheap" Android phone. If you discontinue a qwerty keyboard phone, how about that Porsche Phone! If they make a "Classic 2" with a full touch keyboard like the Priv and Passport, and put Marshmallow on it, that would make up for discontinuing the Classic.
Posted via CB10 for my sexy Priv
Hey! I have a Leap!!!! And it works very well when I kill mosquitoes with it...or use it as a doorstop!
Cartman says: Nothing Due To Censorship
The leap runs BB10 ..............
That's good news for like me who's planning to buy 1 soon!
No more **** for Classic.
Posted via CB10
**** and I just got a Classic two months ago! Oh well, time to jump off the BB10 train and get on the BlackBerry android train.
Posted via CB10
The classic was a mistake from day 1. It should have been built without the trackpad. The problem was that too many people couldn't learn how to operate the new OS without a trackpad...which is crazy to me.
They took soo many steps forward with BB10 and then lost them all and more bringing back the trackpad. People were lazy and did not want to learn the gestures.
A Q20 without the trackpad would have been perfect!
I love my Passport and I will keep it till it dies.
Passport via CB10
The Q10 without a track pad was a mistake.
I happened to love mine..
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
A shame to discontinue such an iconic phone. Why not update the specs to 2016 standards? I currently own a Classic and it has worked well given the modest specs. I do not use it as my daily phone because of lack of BB10 apps.
They will, with Android.
I MUST BUY A WHITE ONE
Posted via CB10
Long slow death. . Put it out of its misery. .
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android
Hi trsbbs
If they had used a faster processor I would have bought another one to keep as a spare. I'm tempted on getting the blue one, but I don't see the reason.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/05/blackberry-moving-on/
Just last week, news came out that the U.S. Senate is to trade in BlackBerry devices for iOS and Android phones thanks to a supposed memo where BlackBerry had let slip that all of its OS 10 devices were in fact discontinued.
The only two Blackberrys I've seen in the wild in the last couple of years have been Classics and Bold 99xx phones.
Posted via CB10
Classic 2... maybe!
Via-Blackberry Passport Silver Edition
I wish he would have said ''we are not making bb10 phones anymore''.
Just put us out of misery. Saying we are still supporting bb10 phones with software updates is not good enough.
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Classic is great. Love my toolbar
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Can I get a discount on a new one then when this thing craps out? WTF?
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Big mistake!
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They're still good in software business, but it's hard to imagine BlackBerry without smartphones...
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But I really love BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry 10 OS.
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Well, I agree with you.. It's really sad to see how BlackBerry doesn't care about it's loyal customers and kills this loyalty with it's own arms.... What's wrong?! BlackBerry 10 was the only quality OS that I could compare to IOS and the phones always were gorgeous! And now they're moving to fu****g Android, that always lags and isn't convenient enough... (( They couldn't be competitive enough on Android market and will lose Itself... John Chen, please think better of what you are doing with BlackBerry company. :)
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I'm sad I have a z10, q5, z30, classic, and a passport se and the classic is by far my favorite but at the same time BlackBerry has to make decisions to keep innovating on the hard ware side. So losing my classic makes me sad but BlackBerry still in the hardware bus makes me happy.
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It's sad that BlackBerry gave up on os10 .
Evan though I really don't like android I bought a priv and the phone was the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned, between the poor build quality and the operating system have major issues after trying two different privs I gave up and returned it.
I bought the iPhone 6s even though I was one of those people talking trash about iPhone being a toy.
The apps on ios are much better than android (more polished)
And the phone like many people have said it just works.
The only thing I don't really like is email on the iPhone but otherwise it's actually a really good phone.
My friends gave me so much sh*t when I switched because I was such a die hard BlackBerry guy..
I still have a z30 that I need have been using for my business line but i will be switching that out pretty soon for an iPhone also.
I've spent so much money in the last three years between buying the latest BlackBerry phones to buying BlackBerry apps trying to support the developers only to find they are not being updated that I'm done.
The smartphone market is so saturated now I think BlackBerry is making a huge mistake trying to get in the android phone arena,
If they are really Done with os10 I think they should just cut their losses and move on to being a software company only.
That's my opinion
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Agreed! I just wish they would extend to their loyal faithful the respect and common courtesy we deserve and just tell us one way or another what the **** they plan on doing. I just want to know if to get another blackberry now, wait for next device (non android) or just boot the field goal and move on (upon next hardware upgrade).
Posted via CB10
Z30, Q10 and Passport are the most common smartphones I see in Russia.) You really think they'll close BlackBerry 10?! ((((
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Yes
Nobody cares what you think BrokenClock_38
Posted via CB10 on my Silver Edition Passport... device of champions
Ok sexycoach99
"... it will be exciting to see what BlackBerry has coming in the future.". What future?!
Cartman says: Nothing Due To Censorship
Along with the pop up store, this is more action in preparation for imminent launch of new Android phones. If they announced this after they launched Hamburg and Rome, it would take the spotlight off new phones. This way they get they get the negative press out of the way. Instead they can say voila, here's our better replacement phones.
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What i don't understand is why they would get negative press, by stopping production of an outdated phone nobody buys anymore. You would think it would help Blackberry because it means less losses on Hardware.
RIP - classic - you will be missed. :(
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I just read this article on CNN
RIP: BlackBerry kills its Classic phone
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/05/technology/blackberry-classic-phone-qwer...
They make it sound like it's the older before BlackBerry 10 classic, saying it's been around for 20 years. The current classic has not since it's running BlackBerry 10. Also the article stated BlackBerry will focus on phones that run on BlackBerry 10 and Android.
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I'm hearing they gonna focus on Android while they just throw BB10 a bone with a software update here and there.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/business/blackberry-to-end-classic-smartpho...
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That is correct.
I thought it was an ugly phone already in comparison to the Passport.
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Looks like their last corporate act will truly have been their stupidest ever -- ultimately cutting off their nose to spite their face, the ultimate alienation of the base. I would have been happy to pay $1000 or $1500 for a new Classic to replace this one when the time comes. I would have welcomed any inquiry from BlackBerry to check whether this might be the case -- they could've BBM'd me. Now all bets are off. When my Classic just won't hold a charge anymore, that may be the end of the smartphone in my life. For those of us who need a serious mobile writing and communications tool, there will be nothing -- unless something else comes along with real keys. Even so, it would be a distant second to the Classic, the complete package with the trackpad. Bye-bye BlackBerry :(
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