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Who buys one?

bluecoyote

May 4, 2009, 5:57 PM
Other than people tethered to Verizon who can't get an iPhone?

The Storm remains the worst engineered Blackberry/Phone outside of the realm of HTC's Audiovox branded devices. Of course, RIM hasn't really been turning out good products either in the past year...
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allboutvzw

May 4, 2009, 8:51 PM
RIM's products are great, and there revenue speaks for that. Plus didn't the BB Curve just surpass the Iphone.

I will say the Storm OS sucks but the thing is selling off the VZW shelves.

I myself can get an Iphone, it's AT&T I hate, if it was on Verizon I would get it.
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bluecoyote

May 4, 2009, 10:37 PM
RIM's products were great 3 years ago, now they're stale and fairly lacking. VZW also was giving the Curves away free
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HawkeyeOC

May 5, 2009, 1:29 AM
bluecoyote said:
RIM's products were great 3 years ago, now they're stale and fairly lacking. VZW also was giving the Curves away free


People these days won't even take free phones unless they are desirable. It would be wise of Verizon or anyone else for that matter to keep the phone prices low. The money is made in the data plans
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bluecoyote

May 5, 2009, 9:49 AM
People will take anything that looks desirable... how else do you explain the popularity of just about any phone on the Verizon lineup?
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murmermer

May 5, 2009, 4:58 PM
... are you joking me? Verizon has some of the UGLIEST phones on the market!

Here is a quick list of phones Verizon should be smacked for...

UTStarcom Blitz TXT8010
Samsung Juke
Samsung Alias
LG Dare---- iPhone stuck in a Twinkie factory
Motorola Rapture VU30
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Jayshmay

May 4, 2009, 11:52 PM
Isn't Audiovox a smartphone from like 3 or 4yrs ago?
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bluecoyote

May 5, 2009, 1:14 AM
AudioVox -> UTStarcom -> PCD

The Audivoxes were rebranded as UTStarcoms
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HawkeyeOC

May 5, 2009, 1:38 AM
bluecoyote said:
Other than people tethered to Verizon who can't get an iPhone?

The Storm remains the worst engineered Blackberry/Phone outside of the realm of HTC's Audiovox branded devices. Of course, RIM hasn't really been turning out good products either in the past year...


Top selling smartphones:
1. Curve (all carriers) (RIM)
2. iphone (Apple)
3. Storm (RIM)
4. Pearl (RIM)
5. G1 (HTC)

It appears most of the public doesn't agree with you. You can blame being tethered to Verizon or a bunch of dumb people if you like, but these are the top sellers 🤭

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/48631 »
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will54880

May 5, 2009, 8:05 AM
Well, your No. 1 is on all carriers, and the iPhone is only through AT&T. A better comparison would be the Curve by carrier vs. the iPhone.
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bluecoyote

May 5, 2009, 9:43 AM
And you also forgot that Certain carriers were chucking the blackberries for for free.
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Davie199

May 5, 2009, 11:20 AM
Offering promotions such as free with 2 year contract or BOGO does not mean that there is anything wrong with the phone... It is a marketing ploy to attract new customers/contracts only... The actual purchase price has not changed...
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HawkeyeOC

May 5, 2009, 11:27 AM
bluecoyote said:
And you also forgot that Certain carriers were chucking the blackberries for for free.


Or the big box retailers selling 1/2 price iphones to the public. You could buy 2 of those for the same price as the buy one get one "free" offer 🤣

Most carriers have resigned themselves to losing money on the phones anyway. Smartphones are a goldmine for them in terms of the money they pull in from you during the contract term
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