Through their partners Fox. Inc and Caseplay, BlackBerry Mobile kicked off pre-orders for the BlackBerry KEYone in Japan on June 22. Demand for the KEYone in saw the latest Android-powered BlackBerry sell out in about an hour but if you missed out on placing your order, you can still do so.
As noted on the Fox. Inc and Caseplay site, those interested in ordering should still sign up for device registration. When you sign up, you'll still be able to get the benefits of pre-order which include a BlackBerry KEYone pocket case, a screen protector, and U-Mobile SIM.
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Pre-orders of the BlackBerry KEYone sell out in Japan, official launch happens on June 29!
How many hundreds of phones are we talking about here?
This is awesome news!
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I wish BlackBerry had put as much effort into marketing BB10....
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BB10 got gobbled up by iP and android sponsored by multbillion dollar companies Apple and Google.
Tiny Blackberry had not a chance.
(Early tablet arrival Playbook was overwhelmed by iPad .. however, PB too wasn't well conceived).
A key factor were the better established Apple and Google app stores.
Sell out? How much they bought? 10000 units?
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I really need the screen protector.
If you want a good screen protector buy the gadgetguard black ice tempered glass for KeyOne. Make sure to go to their website and register your product as it comes with a lifetime warranty. You can get a free replacement for any reason so long as you pay the shipping costs.
The initial cost of the screen protector is high ($30CAD) but it is a quality product. I just ordered a replacement for mine because I bent the corner a bit.
how is the fit? especially with the curved edges.. other flat glass screen protectors all lifted on the sides
It's fine because it is slightly smaller than the full display. It doesn't go all the way to the curve edges. Just before it. It's great imo
What about buying unlocked in Canada. They said June and June is almost done. I am waiting to buy it unlocked for so long. What's going on blackberry moblie?
Awesome news
Something I have always wondered, if someone can enlighten me: how are used the keyboards with latin letters in countries such as Middle East or Japan?
By looking at the pictures, latin letters sre still there, so do they need to always switch to the secondary keyboard? That would be annoying to me.
The one in the picture is only the QWERTY version. They have different regional keyboards.
Well, for what it is worth, I visit Japan on a regular basis for business. Even this year, in a major electronics retailer "Bic Camera" I have seen the Passport and the Priv for sale.
Once asked the staff and was told that they sell well. Not a top seller, but sells well enough, an unlocked version. Even once late last year ran into a BB/RIM representative at an embassy function - she said they saw Japan as a "growth market".....
Perhaps the K1 will do well.
We need a Blackberry 10 device that is a solid replacement to the Z30 not this bull...
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The need for yourself and 5 other people. BB10 had no demand and only put BlackBerry into financial problems.
DTEK60 is a great replacement for the Z30.
What's that? Key1? Droid? Baahhh!
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Well at least they got preorders instead of pre-registration!
Good to see a BlackBerry branded handset selling well. It's been way too long for that.
LOL. Imagine if BlackBerry's only growth segment is the licensing fees it charges to BlackBerry Mobile? They will feel pretty stupid.
How many "sold out" pre ordered phones in Japan? Perhaps 10 or 100 or 1000? I'm just curious.
BlackBerry upsets their loyal customers one of them is me released but still out of stock, what are you guyz upto BlackBerry??
How much time will it take to get the device in UAE?
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"Selling out" takes on a different meaning when the total number of orders is single digits in hundreds.
Any Japanese care to comment here?
Not Japanese but live in Japan. BlackBerry devices are quite overpriced but still possible to get at some specialist phone shops. Some Japanese love the fact that BlackBerry are different from anything else. Also Docomo, a big operator used to sell Blackberrys not too long ago, so it is not totally unknown. I would like to get the Keyone if the price is not OTT, then will report.
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Hello interesting how with KEYone promo
https://foxinc.jp/blackberry/
Has a solid BlackBerry page and continues to sell
PRIV and BB10 devices.
It's another world!
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Finally popped in to view one of these in CPW yesterday. Lifted it off the wall display and the screen fell out, no joke. Looked nice though.
Sounds like a good business strategy all to familiar with previous releases.
Hoping for the best!
At least they get a bonus... Get nothing 'extra' with the Australian release. Unless 'extra' means inflating the price. 899 AUD (683 USD) plus delivery. Yey!
Freight aside, the japanese version at 69800 yen works out cheaper than the UK price but whatever.
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Seriously, same with the US release.
It has more to do with simple currency exchange conversions people.... Geeez
Japanese love keyboard phones. Flip phones are still very popular there. But there again apple, samsung and the others shows up and give them no choices but between a 4" - 10" "all the same design touch screens machines"
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No, flip phones are not popular at all in japan,now. Maybe ten years ago. They love iphone or sony.
https://www.techinasia.com/japans-flip-phones-finally-dying
You're right, they died. But it seems only last year.
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I guess this is good news for BlackBerry Mobile though the obvious question would be how many pre-orders are we talking about.
Hopefully, they have sorted the build quality issues.
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Exactly! without numbers, this article is a meaningless attempt to create hype for a product that had a very rocky start (i.e. poor advanced marketing; unkept promises; questionable build quality and poor reception issues). Sorry folks this is not the blackberry we are used to.
Right, its not a BlackBerry, its a TCL.
So according to that clarification,these preorders/sales will apparently translate into very little with regards to actual BlackBerry bottom line
Even though it's TCL, this isn't the BlackBerry you're used to? They've always met deadlines in the past?
100 devices?
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Well they anticipated a certain demand, it has exceeded their expectations, hopefully the next BlackBerry Mobile launch goes better because this one was a joke!
Yes, let's be optimistic.... :-D
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How much?
Honestly, BlackBerry Ltd must be pretty green at seeing other companies (BlackBerry mobile) unleash the potential in their own devices.
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Good point. What would they think about other companies way of making business when they failed.
How much would it cost to custom it for Japan? Old managers didn't consider it a rewarding segment.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2639128
I wonder about sales reaction in South America if it BlackBerry Mobile release the KEYone here it will about the same time as Japan without BlackBerry devices most countries only had the z10 and q10.
In March 2013 income from South America represented ~17% of total income, more than Asia, in February 2016 only a 3.9% and in this last quarter report the income only represents a 1.7%.
They killed a potential market.
SAF is still making more money than handheld, licensing or BlackBerry technology solutions. How come an "outdated service" is still making as much as other solutions. Why did they killed, I will never know.
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These sellouts without positive earning results confuse the daylight out of me.
Blackberry Mobile builds and sells the BlackBerry KEYone. BlackBerry Limited licenses BlackBerry Android and the BlackBerry logo to BlackBerry Mobile. The only revenue on BlackBerry Limited balance sheet comes from licensing fees. BlackBerry Limited is out of the hardware business.
I thought that blackberry limited recieved some money for each device sold, is that not true?
That's pretty much be the only way the agreement would be structured. But really, these "sell outs" don't impress me unless they give us some hard facts on quantity.
Agreed. I would like to believe it's a large number but it's probably in the range of 10k devices with how low total sales were for the priv.
To add to that, I believe licensing revs only show up once the phone is sold. So these pre-sales, for example, wouldn't have show on this quarter which ended May 31st.
Also, they surprisingly made about $7 mill on the two licenses devices that were out there for part of the quarter. So not too bad at about 90% margins haha.
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