Few weeks after BBM service was
introduced to Android phones, the
initiative has adversely affected the
demand for Blackberry phones.
Some dealers who spoke with
P.M.NEWS BusinessWorld lamented
the drop in sales of BB phones now
that the BBM service is no longer
exclusive to BB phones.
Bayo, a dealer who attests to this
development said many phone users
now prefer android to BB. ‘‘Before
now, the use of Blackberry has
different hitches and because there
was no serious competition, people
still rush to buy them. Considering
the functions of Andriod phones, I
won’t even advise anyone to buy it
again because the Andrioid phones
have so many applications and
advantages that Blackberry does not.
For example, you cannot skype on
Blackberry but you can do so on other
Android phones. BB phones are even
very expensive to maintain unlike
Andriod phones. Now that the market
price has reduced and sales too,
obviously we will have little or no
Blackberry problems,’’ he said.
Another dealer, Caleb Sonia said, “I
applauded the extension of BBM to
Androids but the thing I don’t like is
the fact that so many people have
spent money trying to get Blackberry
phones and now, those that didn’t
strive for them then are now getting
the same opportunity. For example
someone with N15, 000 can equally
get the same opportunity with
someone that purchased his BB
phone for N80,000. You know how
many girls have gone out of their way
to get one. Those that bought theirs
for substantial amount of money are
getting the same benefit,’’ he said.
A phone dealer at Ogba who gave her
name as Judith said though the
demand had dropped before the
introduction of BBM into Android
phone, she stressed it is more visible
now. “ Not that people do not like
Android phones before now, Android
phones have many applications that
Blackberry do not have, but then
Android phones were considered very
expensive, while the users couldn’t
ping. But now people are not bothered
by the price as it has what they are
looking for,” she said.
Opeyemi said his decision to buy
android phone was not necessitated
by the BBM service but the fact that
BB phones are fragile while the
battery sets are not durable.
Though most of the android phones
are quite expensive, this medium
found out that many users now
purchase the Android phones which
are cheaper and also performs the
same functions as others.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/11/12/bbm-bb-phones-dealers-lament-drop-in-sale/

BB.....? A toy phone...!

that's good. especially blackberry babes it's very good for them. now person wey dey use itel android go pose for person wey they use blackberry Q10

It was bound to happen.