My mind is blown! You hit the nail on it's head! Perfect comparison!!! (BTW Funni Boi, he is referring to the fact that after the DreamCast Sega stopped producing hardware and makes there games on other consoles now. BlackBerry know longer makes their hardware.... they got deals TCL to produce hardware for them to apply there software. Perhaps one day BlackBerry may even make software for all Android phones and just be sold on the PlayStore? I could see that happening if the TCL deal doesn't hold up)
Interesting video. Though I gotta say...I'm rather surprised you failed to mention the fact that BlackBerry's app store wasn't exactly tailored to the "average" consumer. In short, their app store was crap compared to Android and iPhone and they came to the party *way* too late. That's pretty much why I left BlackBerry back in 2010. I noticed most of my friends and coworkers had access to apps that I didn't. It was quite frustrating.
DiDi I feel you. My first smartphone was an Android, and I loved it.But I was on the family plan and when our contract was up, Dad went and got us all windows phones without consulting anyone. I hate it. I can't wait until I can switch to something better.
Hugo Lindum yup, me laughing at a headline that was meant to be humorous about a company's stock falling means I laugh at terrorist attacks and murders... definitely... lighten up, man/manette.
Converting to around gave them some space n funny how in the vid he didn't say anything about security which bb is best at and also offers as one of its main selling points.
I moved from an S7 Edge to a BlackBerry KEYone and I don't even look back. Having Android with a physical keyboard, impressive battery life and the great ruggid design really makes it a great companion.
RIM would charge you personally over the phone for tech support as well. That part sucked about the company. So in all I don't feel bad they are almost gone
I really wish that physical keyboards become popular again, because using a touchscreen to type on a cheaper device is so horrible that it makes me want to go back to writing E-mails with my old 12 key flip phone. Yes, even the cheapest flip phone you can find has 3G, and there is probably a third party browser somewhere on the internet that will give it nearly full internet functionality.
Typing on a screen does take some getting used to and, I'll admit, they're not ALWAYS precise...however, I used keypads to type enough texts in years past to know that I will NEVER EVER EVER grow nostalgic for those days to return and, tbh, after having had enough practice using touchscreen keyboards, I find that I can type out messages, texts, e-mails and comments a LOT faster on one than I EVER was before, even back when I HAD a phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard... It's 2019, mate...time to get with the times! 😊😊😊😊
@@Karachi_lover993 i too have a blackberry somewhere in my house but it has touchscreen and keyboard at the same time i dont remember the name but i remember playing optimized minecraft on it and it isnt shown in the video
I have IOS, Android and BB10 and yes, BB10 is the best ever OS that I ever laid my hands on. Too bad there aren't a lot of developers making apps for it.
I have a pager assigned to me at my job. I only ever received pages from a computer about the status of various pieces of equipment. The computer that send out those pages broke more than a year ago, and so my pager sits with a dead battery on my desk:/
LOL, IKR ? I still remember how police would question teens about why they had a pager (like it was just slightly less criminal than a bag of drugs hanging out the back pocket).
I don't think we do. Video makers just do it to sound cool and informative and get kids to comment "hey! I know what that is!" Plus with Google there's no excuse not to know something. Just google it. Anyway, at the hospital where I get blood drawn they sometimes give out pagers to call you up when it's very crowded. So they are still in use in some places. Back when pagers were new mostly professionals had them. Like doctors who always had to be on call and stuff like that. But lots of guys thought they made them look cool and important. So you'd see guys with nothing going on walking around with pagers like they were big shots. And they were also used by drug dealers. So there was a bad element too. But guys thought they impressed girls.
The problem BlackBerry had all the time is that they were so bad at marketing. Seriously take a Q10 and go through the menus you'll find everything you need including barcode reading (even aztec), file operations, adobe flash, android app support, network tools whatever you want but was buttery smooth at the same time! I was on a trip via Dubai at that time and BlackBerry had stores there in the mall where you could actually try them out and that was the first time I saw it and was instantly convinced and bought one.
Pagers.... That brings back Jr. High School memories. Alien head stickers, ying yans, peace signs, jewel bellied trolls, Garbage Pale Kids cards, backpack patches, denim jacket bedazzling, Blossom hats, Trapper Keepers, body glitter, Lisa Franks.....
Back in high school all my friends had blackberries, and I had an iPhone 3gs. I always thought blackberries were a stupid fad and always said they'd fail. No one believed me. When I asked why they had blackberries all they could say was "hurr durr BBM" or because cell companies gave them free with every plan. By the time I graduated I saw no one with a blackberry.
Filip Jakacki lol I'm guessing you went to high school from 08-12? Lol same thing happened with me. Everyone had a BlackBerry, everyone and by graduation everyone had iPhone.
Jay TS Great guess, you're correct. I knew the keyboard was gonna get replaced by the convenience of a touch screen, especially when you can rotate it and adjust key sizes to fit you. Oddly enough the last 3 phones I had were androids though, currently using a G5 as now iPhones can't compete spec wise to most flagship androids. Back than iPhone and Android specs were basically the same.
@@Torthrodhel It's a feature that works great WHEN it does as it's supposed to...but it CAN be annoying when your screen rotates simply because you set the phone down...😒
My first smartphone was a Blackberry. It was a good phone that was tough. I don't use an iPhone, and probably never will. If BB ever comes back I'll probably use one over an Apple.
When the Blackberry storm was released, I and a lot of my buddies were contemplating getting this phone. We all liked Blackberry, and the Storm had a 3d touch-esque feature that would vibrate the screen when selecting an on screen element. Ended up going with the Galaxy S because it had wifi and more apps. My buddy who bought the Storm eventually sold it and traded up to the Droid when it was released.
My mom used a blackberry for my whole childhood as she was in sales and it looks so futuristic back in the day, it really lived up to the reputation of being for professionals
can u send as msg to others some phone numbers from your contacts list, the so called "send business card"? i got so frustrated by not having this option when i was using a bb
Most people I know still use Blackberry phones. They still make the best and most current. I find it amazing other people still use such old-style phones when Blackberry is still going strong and making amazing phones.
I don't remember this since I was 2 years old, but my mom was telling me that when the first iPhone came out she loved it and my dad (when he was working at Citrix) had an old Blackberry and he didn't want an iPhone. my mom LOVES Apple anyways and my dad is more of a Microsoft user, but he still has an iPhone and iPad.
PRIV owner and Blackberry Hardcore Fanboy here! im telling you the PRIV has been underrated as hell! its an amazing device. now i know it looks like im just plugging ears and screaming here but seriously. blackberry devices are the only ones still out there with an actual keyboard. and for guys like me that occasionally have to do server work out and about the hardware keys really make a difference in productivity. not to mention, while it was under hyped and under sold. the PRIV is actually on par with the samsung s6 that released the same year as far as raw power goes (i said on par, not identical) its no slouch as far as a phone goes. and everywhere i go all i hear about it is how badly it did. its like the dreamcast though too little too late...
mines been going a year strong and hasnt had any issues aside from the battery degradation youd expect from a daily use phone. its got warm a few times but the only time it ever overheated was when i played pokemon go. and i got out of that fad and went back to emulated gameboy games pretty quick
no, I waited a year before i got mine. (from release) i dont normally buy the first wave of anything as it almost always has issues. (xbox1disc issue, Nintendo switch random noises, apple iphone only supporting 2g net on release) and yea mines still kicking it. my battery is starting to become a bit weak but thats expected with a phone thats been in my pocket about a year. overall its been a tad quirky here and there like having to double click a contact sometimes or the keyboard back light going out randomly till the phone restarted (the process for it died) otherwise ive not had any issues. most of the stuff that has happened is android bugs rather than flaws in the phone. and i mean yea it warms up a real treat when you charge it. but its never overheated, or had any slowdowns from heat. im able to play games on it without issue as well but i usually dont. i have a PC and several arcade machines for that. that said. one of my friends locally got one and killed the charger on it within a year so mileage must vary.
As a person who's lived in two of the three cities in the KW Tri-city region (Waterloo and Kitchener), I think I can say that RIM/Blackberry was one of the things we had going for us. That and Kitchener being the second biggest Oktoberfest destination in the world. Sucks to see such an important part our recognition fall from such a great height.
I'm watching this on a Blackberry Priv. So far, it's been my favorite smartphone. It's the only device that has never crashed on me, and one of the few devices with a real keyboard.
I heard in April that RIM confirmed the Blackberry Playbook 2. Since they cut off security & flash updates for the old Playbook, & never gave it the new OS everyone had been screaming for, I don't imagine old Blackberry users will be returning for the sequel.
If BB can get their act together, stop freaking around with changing CEO's like diapers, got some good developers and designers, keep their OS, they'd be kickass again. Hit me up💪🏽👆🏽
Inga Hicks what they need to do is copy the OnePlus model. Make a phone with awesome cutting edge hardware and software for dirt cheap ($350-$400). Make it exclusive with an invite system. In no time assholes will begging for invites to BUY the phone.
Honestly using Android was the best choice they made. The Keyone is absolutely fantastic. If you're at all interested in a physical keyboard, use one for 5 minutes and you'll be sold
Re-entering again to the mobile os will just result in a massive failure, what they have to do is just redesign their phone with high-end specs and advertised it good, if they use the old android G1 design I would certainly buy it....
Vayne Fox I'm actually content with them using the less demanding specs, because the battery life I'd absolutely unmatched. I'm a heavy user and I don't even have to plug my Keyone in at the end of the day. I do have to admit that I would love an ultra high speced Keyone though.
What I think really drew people to apple (and often what still does) is their whole ecosystem. If you have a Mac, get an iPhone, because in a lot of ways it's an extension of your Mac while still being its own device. And because devices are so easy to link and work together so well, you get massive brand loyalty. This is something that no other tech company has been able to do
I'm watching on my blackberry keyone, and I love this phone. Great battery life in an age of mediocre batteries, and nothing will ever beat the feel of a physical keyboard
Ira I slide mine often, so the screen play I think is just normal wear and tear. I don't really have an overheating problem unless I have a lot of stuff running at once
I had a blackberry curve with the scroll ball. I loved that phone. I could type a whole novel without even looking down at the phone screen. It made texting fun because of how tactile it was. But once you touched an iPhone (or an iPod touch in my initial case as a young teen) you realized how much of a step into the future you had taken. BlackBerry was stubborn and should have known better than to make their own OS when every other manufacturer was adopting android or windows mobile. They were stubborn with sticking to physical buttons too when the population simply wanted their phones to be completely touch and keeping a keyboard was immediately for niche markets.
Lmaoo I wanted the Pearl so badly when it came out... I remember being so desperate I went to the measures of printing out a picture of the Pearl, cutting it out and pretending it was a real phone
A RIM executive (former CFO) told later that all the board of directors from RIM were watching the launch of the first iPhone, and all in the room, except Jim Balsillie and the other CEP (yes, they had two), they were weird because they keep saying it was impossible, and that Steve Jobs was laying. After 3 months of massive sales of the iPhone and a huge fall for RIM shares, Jim Balsillie was in denial saying it was a lie and it could not be true. a year later, they were replace by a new CEO, same thing happen to Steve Ballmer from Microsoft and Ed Colligan from Palm. I really liked my Black Berry, you could drop it and it will fall apart, but you put it together and it was working like nothing. They were though, reliable, too bad their two CEOs were a one trick pony. Great video by the way.
That's why I have a Blackberry Android phone! I'm glad they still make them, as they seem to be the only Android phones that are still made with physical keyboards
No, I went from a Blackberry Torch to iPhone to Android to Windows Phone back to Android and then got a Z10....I was offered a great deal on a Q10 so I took it. I found myself typing REALLY quickly on it in no time.....despite having used full touchscreen devices for about 5 or 6 years, the Q10 was SO easy to get back into using a physical keyboard. Just like with games...I don't want to play FPS games on a touchscreen phone or Sonic the Hedgehog on a touchscreen, I prefer physical buttons...
I loved my old black and white BlackBerry (Looked just like the 7200, but neither in color, nor as "high resolution"). The battery life was amazing (Think weeks, not hours), unlimited internet, apps like IM+ which let me use AIM, Gtalk, and MSN Messenger. Even had a back-light for when it was needed. It was great!
BB is still the king of E2E encryption and was a pioneer of all you can eat data plans, especially international data plans so that your BB would work overseas on business trips. The carrier markets are just now finally at the same level where BB was 10 years prior. If all you need is a PIM (email, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, phone) and no interest in any other apps, then BB is still the best of market with devices which can last DAYS on a single charge.
The Blackberry KEYone was fairly successful and the KEY2 is off to a very good start. The stock has gone from $9.99 per share as of June 2017 to the current price of $12.54 as of 6/6/2018. Mabye this could be called the rise, fall and rise of Blackberry.Also the new phones they're making (KEYone, KEY2, Motion (to some extent)) are some of the best I've seen.
I LOVED BalckBerry back in the day and the 9900 was my last device until I switched to Android. The problem with BlackBerry was that they were too slow to released new devices whereas Apple and in particular Android were relaesing new models every couple months. Also, they took too long to boot up compared to Android and Apple and they were very glitchy. I remember having to reboot the device every so often whenver it would freeze or something. The thing was amazing to type on though and love the feel and look of it. Too bad they didn't adapt quick enough to changing times. That was their downfall, they failed to adapt soon enough and adopt their competitors technology.
I remember being in afterschool club (in primary school; I would have spent some days in school playing on adobe flash games on Windows XP computers), and i saw the teachers with their blackberries. I thought that they were so cool (because of the keyboard) i might have one if i got older. I got older and Blackberry stopped being so popular.
Soumen Bhattacharya: Right. All they cater to is the iPhone. I have an iPhone 8 myself, and this will be my last one once I pay it off. Tired of spending so money on a phone that’ll end up being slow or obsolete in a short period of time. Yet my windows desktop from 2010 still works fine. *Sigh* Once people stop buying iPhones altogether, Apple’s business model is doomed to fail. Just like BlackBerry.
My dad had the Blackberry curve 8300, and gave it to me when I was in high school. I really loved using that phone :’) That phone and the Motorola Razr
I got the classic one, great to have spotify there and messaging is a breeze. I just accepted the fact that getting a BB phone running in BB OS is like getting a device with no warranty, no one here repairs BB directly.
In late 08 through early 09 I was working for a university that was struggling to setup a portal based on Sun Microsystem's Portal Server product and one of the consultants who was brought in had the Blackberry Storm. I recall him saying that he had to run a beta OS on it for it to be at all functional.
Hahahah, that was great. Yeah I liked the whole "dark machine vibe" they had going, kinda like how Volkswagen had that little "Fast" robot/monster add campaign a while back.
I still have that Playbook 10 tablet bought on firesale, the Blackberry 10 OS works like a charm even today, it is not laggy or jittery like iOS or Android after a few years. It has a great camera too.
I still remember one of the last Blackberry ads I saw on TV. Maybe it was for the Bold. The announcer went something like: "Blackberry, yes Blackberry." But he said it all really quickly because that's the point where consumer trust was eroding fast.
You may want to revisit this. Blackberry is starting to make a comeback, and has gotten rave reviews with the KeyOne, and is even making it's first rugged phone with the motion. Blackberry is alive and kicking.
Twistr I m planning to buy Blackberry Keyone. I've used Bold 9700 9780. I m a fan of physical keyboard instead of a 1500 $ Xpensive Iphone. Right now using iphone 6 Enough of 1000$ bs of apple
Kim Jong Ding Dong the iPhone is $1000 dude, not $1500. Plus you don't have to buy the iPhone X since you already have the 6 which is almost as good, so why even complain?
Uygar Ramos Oztas Yeah, this video didn't really achieve acknowledge that BBM was a huge part of Blackberry's popularity in Europe, especially for the younger, non-business demographic.
Still use my blackberry passport in 2018. Signal wise I have had nothing better. Rock solid performance, no lag and by far and away the most enjoyable phone to use I've had. Such a shame they lost touch with the ever changing industry...
What was left out was the secure servers which were the heart of the Blackberry system and more secure than anything at the time. Security was the reason for the success particularly in the finance sector. This was undermined by several server outages and hacks of the servers, undermining the security and the raisin d’etre of Blackberry.
We had some Blackberry phones at work once. The stupid things were a pain to set up, so now we have iPhones which are maddening to keep operational for different reasons.
I guess the "Budgie System" was more like the past equivalent to what LED message board signs do today. The ones we see at many local shops these days with their colorful text, graphics and animation.
My first smartphone was a BlackBerry Storm. What a raving piece of shit. I actually broke my contract, paid and ETF and went to AT&T so I could get the BlackBerry Bold and never again deal with that Storm. What a great move that was.
BlackBerry is pulling a SEGA.
Making attempts to recognise what made them special in the first place?
OH MY GOD! THIS IS THE TRUEST THING IVE READ ALL DAY! 100%
My mind is blown! You hit the nail on it's head! Perfect comparison!!!
(BTW Funni Boi, he is referring to the fact that after the DreamCast Sega stopped producing hardware and makes there games on other consoles now. BlackBerry know longer makes their hardware.... they got deals TCL to produce hardware for them to apply there software. Perhaps one day BlackBerry may even make software for all Android phones and just be sold on the PlayStore? I could see that happening if the TCL deal doesn't hold up)
Funni Boi Oh crap thats also a Rareware
A little too on the nose there
Interesting video. Though I gotta say...I'm rather surprised you failed to mention the fact that BlackBerry's app store wasn't exactly tailored to the "average" consumer. In short, their app store was crap compared to Android and iPhone and they came to the party *way* too late. That's pretty much why I left BlackBerry back in 2010. I noticed most of my friends and coworkers had access to apps that I didn't. It was quite frustrating.
The Analytical Menace
That's the problem I had with my old Lumia Nokia/Windows Phone. It was such a relief finally getting an android.
The Analytical Menace That about sums it up.
DiDi I feel you. My first smartphone was an Android, and I loved it.But I was on the family plan and when our contract was up, Dad went and got us all windows phones without consulting anyone. I hate it. I can't wait until I can switch to something better.
Kaija Schmauss buy your own phone then you ungrateful bitch
I was just using my Tracfone that's just a Motorola copy of the blackberry bold , I finally upgraded to a ZTE smartphone today
I forever remember the headline "RIM Jobs are under threat as shares only go down"
I laughed for hours
RIM Jobs 🍑😋🤣🤣🤣
Why laugh as thousands of lives were ruined?
Hugo Lindum because it was funny? Why else would I laugh?
nhyijy
I guess you laugh at serial murder and terror attacks too.
Hugo Lindum yup, me laughing at a headline that was meant to be humorous about a company's stock falling means I laugh at terrorist attacks and murders... definitely... lighten up, man/manette.
Those on the cutting edge often get impaled.
Larry Bundy Jr ha! It's you!
Larry Bundy Jr Oh My God it's Really You!
Larry Bundy Jr Its like every small channel I watch, like this and StopDrop&Retro, you are there too.
Damnit Larry, you're everywhere! Lol
Just like cheese.
Blackberry is still around surprisingly
Converting to around gave them some space n funny how in the vid he didn't say anything about security which bb is best at and also offers as one of its main selling points.
MXMELO og Yeah, I have one of their phones. They still make really good, well built phones.
Why's that surprising?
I moved from an S7 Edge to a BlackBerry KEYone and I don't even look back. Having Android with a physical keyboard, impressive battery life and the great ruggid design really makes it a great companion.
I have the Passport. Best phone I've ever had.
Great vid! I knew basically nothing about the Blackberry coming in, and I really feel like I learned a lot!
Philip Johansson noob
Guayabero1977 lol
Philip Johansson they made it die so we use IPhone and androids with Finger print tech and face recognition
RIM would charge you personally over the phone for tech support as well. That part sucked about the company. So in all I don't feel bad they are almost gone
Watching this on my BlackBerry Key2, I haven't charged this thing in almost 2 days...i love it.
I really wish that physical keyboards become popular again, because using a touchscreen to type on a cheaper device is so horrible that it makes me want to go back to writing E-mails with my old 12 key flip phone.
Yes, even the cheapest flip phone you can find has 3G, and there is probably a third party browser somewhere on the internet that will give it nearly full internet functionality.
Typing on a screen does take some getting used to and, I'll admit, they're not ALWAYS precise...however, I used keypads to type enough texts in years past to know that I will NEVER EVER EVER grow nostalgic for those days to return and, tbh, after having had enough practice using touchscreen keyboards, I find that I can type out messages, texts, e-mails and comments a LOT faster on one than I EVER was before, even back when I HAD a phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard...
It's 2019, mate...time to get with the times!
😊😊😊😊
Nokia have a lot of feature phones now for fairly cheap, would probably work well for that.
@@christopheralthouse6378 Yup
I really want a Blackberry after watching this for some reason
XxXFaZe_Articuno_XxX me too just to have one
I have already BlackBerry Torch. It's a nice phone
bruh, still using BlackBerry Onyx as secondary phone for high school
@@Karachi_lover993 i too have a blackberry somewhere in my house but it has touchscreen and keyboard at the same time i dont remember the name but i remember playing optimized minecraft on it and it isnt shown in the video
@@ballkicker931 i have a curve somewhere and also have a samsung style blackberry with a sliding kind of keyboard away from a touch screen!
the blackberry curve was what my dad had and i wanted one so bad😂
Blackberry 10 was and is still the best operating system around.
IOS 11 on the iPhone X is using the same gestures BBOS 10 had 4 years ago.
Chraman lol. If only..... Hahaha
Chraman You are absolutely right bro.... 👍
I have IOS, Android and BB10 and yes, BB10 is the best ever OS that I ever laid my hands on. Too bad there aren't a lot of developers making apps for it.
And if it weren’t for iOS, Blackberry would still be using only keyboards and a non-touch screen
we have to explain what pagers are now?
damn
I have a pager assigned to me at my job. I only ever received pages from a computer about the status of various pieces of equipment. The computer that send out those pages broke more than a year ago, and so my pager sits with a dead battery on my desk:/
LOL, IKR ? I still remember how police would question teens about why they had a pager (like it was just slightly less criminal than a bag of drugs hanging out the back pocket).
Pagers are still used in hospitals. Damn kids
I am fairly sure very few people under the age of 20 know what a pager is
I don't think we do. Video makers just do it to sound cool and informative and get kids to comment "hey! I know what that is!" Plus with Google there's no excuse not to know something. Just google it. Anyway, at the hospital where I get blood drawn they sometimes give out pagers to call you up when it's very crowded. So they are still in use in some places.
Back when pagers were new mostly professionals had them. Like doctors who always had to be on call and stuff like that. But lots of guys thought they made them look cool and important. So you'd see guys with nothing going on walking around with pagers like they were big shots. And they were also used by drug dealers. So there was a bad element too. But guys thought they impressed girls.
2:10 guy in yellow shirt:"I'm in Miami B*tch
I noticed that 2 good laugh
The problem BlackBerry had all the time is that they were so bad at marketing. Seriously take a Q10 and go through the menus you'll find everything you need including barcode reading (even aztec), file operations, adobe flash, android app support, network tools whatever you want but was buttery smooth at the same time! I was on a trip via Dubai at that time and BlackBerry had stores there in the mall where you could actually try them out and that was the first time I saw it and was instantly convinced and bought one.
gentuxable AGREED!!
That's right.
Agreed, lack of marketing, but hopefully they can spin this round.
There new products, I'm very tempted.
correct
Pagers.... That brings back Jr. High School memories. Alien head stickers, ying yans, peace signs, jewel bellied trolls, Garbage Pale Kids cards, backpack patches, denim jacket bedazzling, Blossom hats, Trapper Keepers, body glitter, Lisa Franks.....
Lieutenant BaconWaffles I have never seen the 90's described in such a perfect way
Back in high school all my friends had blackberries, and I had an iPhone 3gs. I always thought blackberries were a stupid fad and always said they'd fail. No one believed me. When I asked why they had blackberries all they could say was "hurr durr BBM" or because cell companies gave them free with every plan. By the time I graduated I saw no one with a blackberry.
Filip Jakacki lol I'm guessing you went to high school from 08-12? Lol same thing happened with me. Everyone had a BlackBerry, everyone and by graduation everyone had iPhone.
Jay TS Great guess, you're correct. I knew the keyboard was gonna get replaced by the convenience of a touch screen, especially when you can rotate it and adjust key sizes to fit you. Oddly enough the last 3 phones I had were androids though, currently using a G5 as now iPhones can't compete spec wise to most flagship androids. Back than iPhone and Android specs were basically the same.
I remember that too. Although some people had Galaxies and I phones. In middle school I remember people having razrs and sidekicks
People actually consider screen rotation to be a feature? I've only ever see it annoy people.
@@Torthrodhel It's a feature that works great WHEN it does as it's supposed to...but it CAN be annoying when your screen rotates simply because you set the phone down...😒
My first smartphone was a Blackberry. It was a good phone that was tough. I don't use an iPhone, and probably never will. If BB ever comes back I'll probably use one over an Apple.
Same here
The US government still uses them
I have a Blackberry Priv and I love it. It is the phone I use daily.
Ben cool
When the Blackberry storm was released, I and a lot of my buddies were contemplating getting this phone. We all liked Blackberry, and the Storm had a 3d touch-esque feature that would vibrate the screen when selecting an on screen element. Ended up going with the Galaxy S because it had wifi and more apps. My buddy who bought the Storm eventually sold it and traded up to the Droid when it was released.
Blackberry also made fruit......
Wait
D3ADEY
?
Rj Pena
1.) could be talking about a mistake
2.) Blackberry is a fruit so a company named after a fruit is making fruit
DTFoxxyLove
Ohh okay thanks!
My mom used a blackberry for my whole childhood as she was in sales and it looks so futuristic back in the day, it really lived up to the reputation of being for professionals
Still use my bold 9900 everyday as my business phone
can u send as msg to others some phone numbers from your contacts list, the so called "send business card"? i got so frustrated by not having this option when i was using a bb
@tommy aronson Haha
Most people I know still use Blackberry phones. They still make the best and most current. I find it amazing other people still use such old-style phones when Blackberry is still going strong and making amazing phones.
I don't remember this since I was 2 years old, but my mom was telling me that when the first iPhone came out she loved it and my dad (when he was working at Citrix) had an old Blackberry and he didn't want an iPhone. my mom LOVES Apple anyways and my dad is more of a Microsoft user, but he still has an iPhone and iPad.
I hope your folks didn't have to pay for the iPhones.... I wouldn't pay a penny for one of those pieces of crap
ProwlXV
They made android for people like you. 'Free with contract' is why android has so many successful devices out there.
Fido Montoya Androids suck
IOS sucks, Android is where it is at
PRIV owner and Blackberry Hardcore Fanboy here! im telling you the PRIV has been underrated as hell! its an amazing device. now i know it looks like im just plugging ears and screaming here but seriously. blackberry devices are the only ones still out there with an actual keyboard. and for guys like me that occasionally have to do server work out and about the hardware keys really make a difference in productivity. not to mention, while it was under hyped and under sold. the PRIV is actually on par with the samsung s6 that released the same year as far as raw power goes (i said on par, not identical) its no slouch as far as a phone goes. and everywhere i go all i hear about it is how badly it did. its like the dreamcast though too little too late...
you and me both man. mines sitting here charging right next to me!
Cereal Killer The Priv overheated a lot and sucked. It only lasted me 3 months before it became a brick.
mines been going a year strong and hasnt had any issues aside from the battery degradation youd expect from a daily use phone. its got warm a few times but the only time it ever overheated was when i played pokemon go. and i got out of that fad and went back to emulated gameboy games pretty quick
no, I waited a year before i got mine. (from release) i dont normally buy the first wave of anything as it almost always has issues. (xbox1disc issue, Nintendo switch random noises, apple iphone only supporting 2g net on release) and yea mines still kicking it. my battery is starting to become a bit weak but thats expected with a phone thats been in my pocket about a year. overall its been a tad quirky here and there like having to double click a contact sometimes or the keyboard back light going out randomly till the phone restarted (the process for it died) otherwise ive not had any issues. most of the stuff that has happened is android bugs rather than flaws in the phone. and i mean yea it warms up a real treat when you charge it. but its never overheated, or had any slowdowns from heat. im able to play games on it without issue as well but i usually dont. i have a PC and several arcade machines for that. that said. one of my friends locally got one and killed the charger on it within a year so mileage must vary.
I love it too except they shafted their users like they always do and won't give us Nougat or Oreo on a device that is less than two years old.
Interesting video. Watched it without an issue on my BlackBerry device
Watching this on my BlackBerry Priv.
I'm very honoured that the RIM 950 image had my birthday on it, thank you Science Elf.
I like These RISE AND FALL Videos a lot! :)
Thanks!
As a person who's lived in two of the three cities in the KW Tri-city region (Waterloo and Kitchener), I think I can say that RIM/Blackberry was one of the things we had going for us. That and Kitchener being the second biggest Oktoberfest destination in the world. Sucks to see such an important part our recognition fall from such a great height.
I'm watching this on a Blackberry Priv. So far, it's been my favorite smartphone. It's the only device that has never crashed on me, and one of the few devices with a real keyboard.
I heard in April that RIM confirmed the Blackberry Playbook 2. Since they cut off security & flash updates for the old Playbook, & never gave it the new OS everyone had been screaming for, I don't imagine old Blackberry users will be returning for the sequel.
My first smartphone was a BlackBerry Curve. The thing couldn't go two days without losing its data service and needing a reboot.
If BB can get their act together, stop freaking around with changing CEO's like diapers, got some good developers and designers, keep their OS, they'd be kickass again. Hit me up💪🏽👆🏽
Inga Hicks what they need to do is copy the OnePlus model. Make a phone with awesome cutting edge hardware and software for dirt cheap ($350-$400). Make it exclusive with an invite system. In no time assholes will begging for invites to BUY the phone.
Nah dude, its apple and android they compete with
Honestly using Android was the best choice they made. The Keyone is absolutely fantastic. If you're at all interested in a physical keyboard, use one for 5 minutes and you'll be sold
Re-entering again to the mobile os will just result in a massive failure, what they have to do is just redesign their phone with high-end specs and advertised it good, if they use the old android G1 design I would certainly buy it....
Vayne Fox I'm actually content with them using the less demanding specs, because the battery life I'd absolutely unmatched. I'm a heavy user and I don't even have to plug my Keyone in at the end of the day. I do have to admit that I would love an ultra high speced Keyone though.
What I think really drew people to apple (and often what still does) is their whole ecosystem. If you have a Mac, get an iPhone, because in a lot of ways it's an extension of your Mac while still being its own device. And because devices are so easy to link and work together so well, you get massive brand loyalty. This is something that no other tech company has been able to do
I'm watching on my blackberry keyone, and I love this phone. Great battery life in an age of mediocre batteries, and nothing will ever beat the feel of a physical keyboard
This makes me miss my blackberry curve SO much. The physical keyboard was amazing.
More than any other device, the Blackberry transformed the mobile experience for me. It really was the best device for email.
For all the blackberry phanatics out there, I'm watching this on my priv
D Roberts same. I have a question though, is the screen on your priv a little loose? My screen wiggles a bit. Like the sliding part.
Ira I slide mine often, so the screen play I think is just normal wear and tear. I don't really have an overheating problem unless I have a lot of stuff running at once
mine is around 2 months old but the screen is very stable so far
I also heard those rumors so it might be true hm
D Roberts YES!!!!
I have the Blackberry KEYone and am liking it quite well.
Ha soon as the video started a ad come on the screen advertising a new blackberry phone 😂
I had a blackberry curve with the scroll ball. I loved that phone. I could type a whole novel without even looking down at the phone screen. It made texting fun because of how tactile it was. But once you touched an iPhone (or an iPod touch in my initial case as a young teen) you realized how much of a step into the future you had taken. BlackBerry was stubborn and should have known better than to make their own OS when every other manufacturer was adopting android or windows mobile. They were stubborn with sticking to physical buttons too when the population simply wanted their phones to be completely touch and keeping a keyboard was immediately for niche markets.
I had a blackberry ad just before this...
Lmaoo I wanted the Pearl so badly when it came out... I remember being so desperate I went to the measures of printing out a picture of the Pearl, cutting it out and pretending it was a real phone
Here I am rocking a KeyOne. Favorite phone I've ever had!
I had a blackberry bold. It was a very cool phone... I'd like to try it again someday
A RIM executive (former CFO) told later that all the board of directors from RIM were watching the launch of the first iPhone, and all in the room, except Jim Balsillie and the other CEP (yes, they had two), they were weird because they keep saying it was impossible, and that Steve Jobs was laying. After 3 months of massive sales of the iPhone and a huge fall for RIM shares, Jim Balsillie was in denial saying it was a lie and it could not be true. a year later, they were replace by a new CEO, same thing happen to Steve Ballmer from Microsoft and Ed Colligan from Palm.
I really liked my Black Berry, you could drop it and it will fall apart, but you put it together and it was working like nothing. They were though, reliable, too bad their two CEOs were a one trick pony. Great video by the way.
This made me want to cry... I loved my BB... especially my Z30.
Am I the only one who finds it easier to type on a little keyboard than a touchscreen?
That's why I have a Blackberry Android phone! I'm glad they still make them, as they seem to be the only Android phones that are still made with physical keyboards
Luke Beauchamp no
comes with practice, if u use f.e. swift keyboard its very easy to type fast.
Touch screen typing is god awful and I hate that it's so popular.
No, I went from a Blackberry Torch to iPhone to Android to Windows Phone back to Android and then got a Z10....I was offered a great deal on a Q10 so I took it. I found myself typing REALLY quickly on it in no time.....despite having used full touchscreen devices for about 5 or 6 years, the Q10 was SO easy to get back into using a physical keyboard. Just like with games...I don't want to play FPS games on a touchscreen phone or Sonic the Hedgehog on a touchscreen, I prefer physical buttons...
Great video, but what's with the Kmart music?
Boy does that suck. I thought music had to be a song. Not random noodling by a mental patient.
i have a blackberry q10 and a blackberry passport. the passport is by far the best phone ive ever owned.
I loved my old black and white BlackBerry (Looked just like the 7200, but neither in color, nor as "high resolution"). The battery life was amazing (Think weeks, not hours), unlimited internet, apps like IM+ which let me use AIM, Gtalk, and MSN Messenger. Even had a back-light for when it was needed. It was great!
Remembering wanting these so bad !!
BB is still the king of E2E encryption and was a pioneer of all you can eat data plans, especially international data plans so that your BB would work overseas on business trips. The carrier markets are just now finally at the same level where BB was 10 years prior.
If all you need is a PIM (email, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, phone) and no interest in any other apps, then BB is still the best of market with devices which can last DAYS on a single charge.
The Blackberry KEYone was fairly successful and the KEY2 is off to a very good start. The stock has gone from $9.99 per share as of June 2017 to the current price of $12.54 as of 6/6/2018. Mabye this could be called the rise, fall and rise of Blackberry.Also the new phones they're making (KEYone, KEY2, Motion (to some extent)) are some of the best I've seen.
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I LOVED BalckBerry back in the day and the 9900 was my last device until I switched to Android. The problem with BlackBerry was that they were too slow to released new devices whereas Apple and in particular Android were relaesing new models every couple months. Also, they took too long to boot up compared to Android and Apple and they were very glitchy. I remember having to reboot the device every so often whenver it would freeze or something. The thing was amazing to type on though and love the feel and look of it. Too bad they didn't adapt quick enough to changing times. That was their downfall, they failed to adapt soon enough and adopt their competitors technology.
I remember being in afterschool club (in primary school; I would have spent some days in school playing on adobe flash games on Windows XP computers), and i saw the teachers with their blackberries. I thought that they were so cool (because of the keyboard) i might have one if i got older.
I got older and Blackberry stopped being so popular.
My favorite phone of all time was a blackberry curve gold with the tracking ball. Gosh I loved that phone
I still use blackberry priv in 2018 and it is the most stylish handset i've ever used. I just Love Blackberry.
A blackberry ad happened before this video.
My dad was obsessed with blackberry back in its hay day. He had the pearl and i remember playing games on it
I had a BlackBerry Curve before later upgrading to a MyTouch 3G. I loved my BlackBerry.
RIM:
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Market share
succ Now I want to make a rimjob joke.
succ So RIMS?
Not quite. RLIMS --not RIM.. illiterate mook
^^How about Reduction In Market you pedantic twat?^^
Some how I feel Apple is going to be Nokia and BB fate next decade. After Steve, they have not done any fundamental breakthrough.
Soumen Bhattacharya: Right. All they cater to is the iPhone. I have an iPhone 8 myself, and this will be my last one once I pay it off. Tired of spending so
money on a phone that’ll end up being slow or obsolete in a short period of time. Yet my windows desktop from 2010 still works fine. *Sigh* Once people stop buying iPhones altogether, Apple’s business model is doomed to fail. Just like BlackBerry.
My dad had the Blackberry curve 8300, and gave it to me when I was in high school. I really loved using that phone :’) That phone and the Motorola Razr
it seems they did make slow comeback tho as people like the KeyONE
I still have the Blackberry Bold and it still works lol
I got the classic one, great to have spotify there and messaging is a breeze. I just accepted the fact that getting a BB phone running in BB OS is like getting a device with no warranty, no one here repairs BB directly.
In late 08 through early 09 I was working for a university that was struggling to setup a portal based on Sun Microsystem's Portal Server product and one of the consultants who was brought in had the Blackberry Storm. I recall him saying that he had to run a beta OS on it for it to be at all functional.
my mom also had a motorola droid and it scared me when the red eye would scan my face
Hahahah, that was great. Yeah I liked the whole "dark machine vibe" they had going, kinda like how Volkswagen had that little "Fast" robot/monster add campaign a while back.
I remember a friend having a blackberry phone with a crapy fps but that shit blew my mind
I still have that Playbook 10 tablet bought on firesale, the Blackberry 10 OS works like a charm even today, it is not laggy or jittery like iOS or Android after a few years. It has a great camera too.
I still have my PlayBook. My first entry to the tablet industry
I had a blackberry ad before watching this
me too
Blackberry's were cool
Yaegerman_Dinkleson5 Also raspberry, strawberry, blueberries, grapes, and other fruits!😬
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I still remember one of the last Blackberry ads I saw on TV. Maybe it was for the Bold. The announcer went something like: "Blackberry, yes Blackberry." But he said it all really quickly because that's the point where consumer trust was eroding fast.
I absolutely loved the keyboard on the Curve. I could even type without watching. Can't say the same about virtual keyboards though...
I found another underrated youtuber.
You may want to revisit this. Blackberry is starting to make a comeback, and has gotten rave reviews with the KeyOne, and is even making it's first rugged phone with the motion.
Blackberry is alive and kicking.
Will forever be a blackberry fan. Still have and use a blackberry Q10. Also have a blackberry style flip phone in a drawer.
PDAs dominated business phones because of its features in the early 00s; BBs carried in name only from success of the 90s as a brand
I don't think BlackBerry done anything wrong until deciding to switch to ANDROID.
BlackBerry OS10 is still the best OS ever made.
The Blackberry Key2 ad was perfectly placed before this video
My dad still uses a BlackBerry haha
I'm sorry. Is that english?
Twistr I m planning to buy Blackberry Keyone. I've used Bold 9700 9780. I m a fan of physical keyboard instead of a 1500 $ Xpensive Iphone. Right now using iphone 6 Enough of 1000$ bs of apple
Kim Jong Ding Dong the iPhone is $1000 dude, not $1500. Plus you don't have to buy the iPhone X since you already have the 6 which is almost as good, so why even complain?
S. Y. Complain because Samsung gives you in 850$ what apple gives you in 1100$ in my country India. Proud owner of Samsung S8 now 😁
I use a PRIV!
I had a Blackberry Curve and it was one of the best phones I have ever owned.
Didn't mention BBM
Uygar Ramos Oztas Yeah, this video didn't really achieve acknowledge that BBM was a huge part of Blackberry's popularity in Europe, especially for the younger, non-business demographic.
BBM used to be the shit back in the days.
It was like a "Cool kid" tag you got just because you had a BBM Pin, and bonus points if the pin seemed cool
Didn’t mention BBC either
I used to have a blackberry back in 07 and I used to love it. Once I got a iPhone 4s I never went back
Bro
This phone was *everywhere*
Everyone wanted a blackberry curve or bold
It was great for its time
Still use my blackberry passport in 2018. Signal wise I have had nothing better. Rock solid performance, no lag and by far and away the most enjoyable phone to use I've had. Such a shame they lost touch with the ever changing industry...
the pearl was my first smartphone!!! i was so freaking excited when I got it.... good memories.
What was left out was the secure servers which were the heart of the Blackberry system and more secure than anything at the time. Security was the reason for the success particularly in the finance sector.
This was undermined by several server outages and hacks of the servers, undermining the security and the raisin d’etre of Blackberry.
Blackberry is still alive, bud. Blackberry has gone Android and if you check their latest phone Blackberry Keyone is absolutely wonderful.
jerry kapernick well it took a significant hit and while not dead, it isn’t doing too well
I still have my red Torch. Still complete with box. Sadly the mute button doesn't work but well...
My dad still uses his BlackBerry Bold
EDIT: Not anymore!
Great informative video, but I had to have another tab open the whole time looking up release dates to get a better idea of the timeline.
We had some Blackberry phones at work once. The stupid things were a pain to set up, so now we have iPhones which are maddening to keep operational for different reasons.
I guess the "Budgie System" was more like the past equivalent to what LED message board signs do today. The ones we see at many local shops these days with their colorful text, graphics and animation.
I like the jazz. Thank you.
My first smartphone was a BlackBerry Storm. What a raving piece of shit. I actually broke my contract, paid and ETF and went to AT&T so I could get the BlackBerry Bold and never again deal with that Storm. What a great move that was.