BlackBerry’s global market share is now 0.0%...RIP

[JordanWearinThe45]

It's the end of an era: BlackBerry's share of the global smartphone market is now 0.0%.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, more than 432 million smartphones were sold, according to a report published on Wednesday by the research firm Gartner. Of those, just 207,900 were BlackBerry devices running its own operating system.

That gives the Canadian smartphone company a share of the overall phone market of less than a single percentage point. To be precise, it's 0.0481%.

In contrast, a whopping 352.7 million smartphones running Google's Android operating system were sold in Q4 2016, making up 81.7% of the market, according to Gartner. In second place is Apple's iOS, which sold 77 million units in the quarter, with 17.9% of the overall market share.

BlackBerry also sells handsets that run Android, like the DTEK60 and the Priv, which aren't included in that 207,900 figure. But Gartner's data confirms what we suspected: BlackBerry's once unassailable independent phone ecosystem is dead in the water.

http://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-smartphone-marketshare-zero-percent-gartner-q4-2016-2017-2

I still remember when I copped my first Blackberry 8310 curve Phone was so dope at the time, forgot what I had before that, but I just remember shyt being so lit

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Complacency has a way of doing that to you

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

Complacency has a way of doing that to you

Word to

 

[Splash]

Work asked me if I wanted one .. im good

 

[Liquid]

Their only shot was to jump on android immediately to save their brand, but they arrogantly decided to build out BB OS 10. Even after Palm/HP tried with webOS which was superior anyway.

They deserved to fail for being so arrogant.

 

[NoMorePie]

I remember 7 years ago some guy said blackberry was gonna take over with their z10 and q10 and smash the competition..


...

 

[mson]

Did they stop production? It is what it is

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Word to

 

[firemanBk]

Complacency has a way of doing that to you

See it in business all the time. Much bigger juggernauts then Blackberry have fallen.
Blockbuster & A&P were once the biggest video rental and grocery retailers in the country and they're out of business (I am aware that a few Blockbuster stores have remained, do not correct me)

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

Work asked me if I wanted one .. im good

 

[soulfuljah]

Their only shot was to jump on android immediately to save their brand, but they arrogantly decided to build out BB OS 10. Even after Palm/HP tried with webOS which was superior anyway.

They deserved to fail for being so arrogant.

Breh,

Imma need you to go look at the list of companies making real profit off Android. I don't think Android would have done anything to save BB was that ship started sinking. The were too slow to see the change and crush that original iPhone. Truth be told, Android nor iOS had nothing on WebOS and BB10 as a operating system; anytime you swipe that card to close or change apps, think about that Pre.

But on the real, this shows how much apps dictate the mobile industry. I am going to cop a Passport SE when that fire sale hits..

 

[Ice Cold]

Breh,

Imma need you to go look at the list of companies making real profit off Android. I don't think Android would have done anything to save BB was that ship started sinking. The were too slow to see the change and crush that original iPhone. Truth be told, Android nor iOS had nothing on WebOS and BB10 as a operating system; anytime you swipe that card to close or change apps, think about that Pre.

But on the real, this shows how much apps dictate the mobile industry. I am going to cop a Passport SE when that fire sale hits..

Samsung seems like it's doing pretty well

 

[getmoney310cpt]

they waited to late to get in the touch screen game and by the time they did it was a wrap...and the blackberry touch was weak af

 

[soulfuljah]

Samsung seems like it's doing pretty well

True, but who else?

 

[soulfuljah]

they waited to late to get in the touch screen game and by the time they did it was a wrap...and the blackberry touch was weak af

Yeah, basically.

I always tell the people who try to revise history that RIM still had a chance to crush the buildings. The original iPhone was GARBAGE and every smartphone on the market outperformed it. But it did cause a paradigm shift toward capacitive touch and RIM did not go to a touch screen until the Torch , although the Bold 9900 had breh like .