BlackBerry Throws Tradition Model From the Range

BlackBerry Throws Tradition Model From the Range - and two years ago it was considered a beacon of hope--now it's old iron: the keyboard model "Classic", which is strongly oriented to operate old BlackBerry devices, is set. The BlackBerry smartphone pioneer troubled hard under pressure entries further from its model lineup.

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The "Classic" the average life time of smartphones in the market today far exceeded, Unit Chief Ralph Pini wrote in a blog post.

Descent can not stop

Two years ago CEO was hoping still big John Chen on the cheap keyboard model, to stop the descent of BlackBerry in the Smartphone market. For this he was at the time including the model name "Classic" instead of the planned designation Q20.
But BlackBerry lost further ground in the business. Last was reduced to only 0.2 percent market share. BlackBerry was still 500,000 smartphones at an average price of 290 dollars in the last fiscal quarter.

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Motorola international 3200 - the first GSM phone. (Source: dpa) The first UMTS cell phone Motorola A830 (source: dpa) IBM Simon - the first Smartphone in the world. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Nokia Communicator 9000 - the first 'real' Smartphone in Europe. (Source: Nokia) Motorola StarTAC (source: Motorola) Siemens S10 (source: Siemens) Nokia 8810 - first mobile phone without external antenna. (Source: Nokia) Nokia 7110 (source: Nokia) sharp J-SH04 (source: sharp) Motorola international 3200 - the first GSM phone. (Source: dpa) The first UMTS cell phone Motorola A830 (source: dpa) IBM Simon - the first Smartphone in the world. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Nokia Communicator 9000 - the first 'real' Smartphone in Europe. (Source: Nokia) Motorola StarTAC (source: Motorola) Siemens S10 (source: Siemens) Nokia 8810 - first mobile phone without external antenna. (Source: Nokia) Nokia 7110 (source: Nokia) sharp J-SH04 (source: sharp)
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Two new smartphones this year

The BlackBerry Chief had said repeatedly he will disembark from the Smartphone business, if it should fail to make money with the devices. Submission of quarterly figures nearly two weeks ago, Chen also reiterated he was still confident that this was to create. The Group wants to bring at least two new smartphones with Google's system Android on the market in the current year. For some time, it is speculated the in-house operating system BlackBerry 10 should be set.

John Chen presents classic in December 2014 the BlackBerry. (Source: Reuters) John Chen presents classic in December 2014 the BlackBerry. (Source: Reuters)

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