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Classic BlackBerry phones stop working today

You can no longer use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere.

On Tuesday, the company will stop running support for its classic devices running BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. This means all of its older devices not running on Android software will no longer be able to use data, send text messages, access the internet or make calls, even to 911.

While most mobile users have moved on from BlackBerry -- the last version of its operating system launched in 2013 -- the decision to discontinue support for its phones represents the end of what was once considered bleeding-edge technology.

BlackBerry (BB) has been mostly out of the phone business since 2016, but over the years it continued to license its brand to phone manufacturers, including TCL and more recently OnwardMobility, an Austin, Texas-based security startup, for a 5G Blackberry device running on Android software.

BlackBerry's old school cell phones with physical keyboards from the late 1990s and early 2000s were once so popular people nicknamed them "CrackBerries." The devices became a status symbol and fixture for people on Wall Street, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and even former President Barack Obama, thanks in part to its great reputation for security. At its peak in 2012, BlackBerry had more than 80 million active users.

But Apple's touchscreen revolution with the iPhone in 2007 made BlackBerry's offerings appear lacking. It tried touch screens and slide-out keyboard models, with little success. It developed a few phones with no physical keyboard, but those were missing BlackBerry's key differentiator: its tactile keyboard.
BlackBerry eventually gave up on its own software, embracing Android and layering its security software on top.

Culled: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/04/tech/blackberry-phones-stop-working/index.html

Times and seasons apply to us all!

Use yours wisely

Na wahoo

What about the Girls that lost their virginity because of BlackBerry, They willnt be happy with this News.

dedonfranco:
Na wahoo

What about the Girls that lost their virginity because of BlackBerry, They willnt be happy with this News.

They have upgraded to iphone

Really? You should specify the OS version of Blackberry to become obsolete because some haven't reached their End of Life (EOL) yet.
You can see the end of life for a particular version on their website.

Modified: Blackberry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier
Cool.

Gone are those days...!! The only thing I miss in blackberry was their monthly unlimited subscription!! Now aways 10GB hardly last a week for me...!!

dedonfranco:
Na wahoo

What about the Girls that lost their virginity because of BlackBerry, They willnt be happy with this News.

What about Guys who got killed or went to prison because of Blackberry, they would not be happy with this news.

Both gender did irrational things because of BlackBerry.

dedonfranco:
Na wahoo

What about the Girls that lost their virginity because of BlackBerry, They willnt be happy with this News.

they are busy trying to hustle for iphones Pro Max dear.
No time

Sincere con9olences

If you don’t move,

IAMLIT:
Really? You should specify the OS version of Blackberry to become obsolete because some haven't reached their End of Life (EOL) yet.
You can see the end of life for a particular version on their website.

Modified: Blackberry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier
Cool.

it still doesn’t matter
People have moved away from blackberry by the time they switched to android
Besides even the android version would soon stop getting support,only difference is that they might still have access to the play store, make calls, send text and do things that requires google service since it’s controlled by google not blackberry
The blackberry os is controlled by blackberry and they are shutting it down hence a lot of things not working anymore
Blackberry wasn’t just the same anymore when the switched to android ,I mean why not just go buy the cheaper android phones around rather than wasting a ton on blackberry android which was over priced
That’s why it didn’t last,I think they only released 2 android devices the key and key 2 before they stopped producing phones
But at the same time they were the cause for their downfall

My first dislike for blackberry phones wasn't because of its features or OS nor its design but my first dislike for the blackberry phones was because of Nigerian girls

I remember at the peak of the blackberry wave then in benin city on this eventful day I was going through where all roads converge in benin, popularly called Ring road and I observed that almost all the girls were having/holding blackberry dangling on their left hands while their handbags was hanged on their elbows, and one thought that came to mind was why can't these girls keep the phones inside their bags like normal people do.

Just like today with the iphone we all know how super expensive the blackberry was in it's days of glory and how girls that can't afford to pay rent or buy textbooks in school could magical use the power of clitocurrency to purchase these machines.

But look at blackberry today and how they've been rendered useless like the puna of yester years.
Now iphone is taking it tolls on the puna of young/ill-matured Nigeria girls, what an endless cycle of wasted clitocurrency and old ragged puna.


RIP to the Puna that was scattered, babies born out of wedlock, abortions, STIs and STDs as a result of Blackberry being introduced to Nigerian girls

Still got mines with the pack and receipt intact.

Bought from slot in 2010, the bold 4 was my real OG back in the days.


Check back In the next 15 years, its still gonna be intact.

The saying that change is the only constant thing in life keeps repeating itself over and over again. Android and iOS could become obsolete in the coming years, too.

And i like blackberry alot, but i can't just reverse.

This life nawa oo. I wonder if apple will go obsolete like this too

Blackberry wey dem use disvirgin a lot of girls back then

You can convert it to mp3 player

Na Blueberry dey town now...

And so?!
I have not seen a blackberry for the past 3 to 4 years.
So what's the fuss about?

Wow


I will gist my children what this brand of phone did to their mothers generation....I rest my case.

this thing that some people were stealing money to buy is now useless. Over to you righteousness

Was now dai

Nothing lasts forever

Blackberry phones should be topics under history curriculum in schools

Ok

Blackberry Bold 2 wey i take off amaka pantties that year..

Eeyah

Wow, Blackberry, I think they didn't see it coming...

Who didn't know before

Na so life be. There is nothing that you are killing yourself for today, that will not one day become obselete.