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An amazing hatchet job on RIM’s current range of smartphones claims users are “ashamed” to be seen using BlackBerrys right now, as iPhone and Android models become the world’s favourites and leave BB users embarrassed about their lumpen old phones.
The incredible bit of RIM-kicking was conducted by the New York Times, which claims one lady it spoke to has taken to hiding her BlackBerry beneath an iPad in company meetings, in case clients should see her outdated mobile and judge in a negative way for using it. Wow.
“You can’t do anything with it. You’re supposed to, but it’s all a big lie,” said the lady interviewed, who works as a sales rep for an LA business. The NYT piece is littered with such observations, as it portrays BlackBerry owners as being treated like second class citizens subject to some sort of modern technological apartheid thanks to their choice of mobile phone.
It’s the 1980s Skoda of the phone world. The BB London‘s therefore got quite a big hole to dig itself out of. [NYT via The Verge]
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Of course Gizmodo would never stoop to such “technological apartheid”
I hide my BlackBerry under an Androidphone.
Get a Note 2 and you can hide two BlackBerrys
Well, it’s a hypothetical situation to be honest, as I don’t own a BlackBerry…anymore.
I thought Future issued them to the staff. It was a joke anyway.
You finally dumped the work blackberry Kat? I have to admit when I saw this story I thought of you. I thought maybe they’d changed the city to protect your identity.
Yep, I ditched it at the end of last year, honest. I never used it much anyway, thanks to having a personal one too. Currently using the Lumia 800 as my work phone, and Motorola RAZRi (though will go back to HTC soon, I’m sure. Or get an iPhone 5…)
Whats the RAZRi like? Is it going to have a MAXX version in the UK? I like the look of it and its a bit different but there hasnt been much chatter about it.
It’s not too bad. Prefer HTC’s One series, if I’m honest. Good review here http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/motorola-razr-i-1098183/review
and an iPad Mini
One will definitely want to hide that too
Corporate companies still hand out a massive number of BBs. It is still the standard phone for corporate email.
Unfortunately.
It’s changing fast, I’ve moved all our phones from Blackberry to different ones, and according to my service provider alot of other IT departments have done teh same.
Blackberry need to release Blackberry Fusion quickly while it’s still worth something.
To be frank, I’ve never had a BB. I’m new to corporate world and I’ve noticed people pull out their BBs like dicks, trying to pretend they’re super important.I want to own a corporate BB as well, with my iPhone, so I can jion in on the fun.
We still have Blackberrys, but that’s changing in January! (thank god)
Changing to…
iPhone or Android, user’s choice
Hopefully i can get the HTC One X+!
That’s ridic! Wouldn’t the benefits from bulk purchase of a single phone disappear that way? I know Deloitte is giving out iPhone5s.
I was unfortunately presented with a Blackberry upon commencing my new job. I’m still trying to persuade the Mobiles department to let me use their sim card on a Dual Sim Android phone instead, but apparently security isn’t quite up there on Android yet.
Yup I got a Curve 9360 a few months back. I cant stand trying to type emails on the dinky little keys with my sausage fingers.
I used to use my old Nexus S for work, but the IT dept stopped allowing it access and sent me the Curve instead
I’ve hidden many things in socks as far back as my teenage years but never a phone.
Like a folding knife?
Knives are for losers.
There’s two people in my class who have Blackberrys … one’s is a temporary measure as his HTC is broken, the other just says “LEAVE ME ALONE” … lmao!
BB’s are still absolutely essential if you’re 15 though… It’s social death to be seen with anything else.
Related posts:
1)A crazy woman kept a rotting vegetable in her fridge because she thought in was an alien.
2) Woman has her breasts and uterus removed and she didn’t even have cancer.
3) The Pope wears these socks on fishing trips.
Ok, I’m not sure how 2 of those are related and the 3rd one is a bit of a stretch. How are these things selected?
I agree, I got a link to a story a purple squirrel in the related posts on an earlier post today.
The worrying thing is that talking to a sock is somehow less embarressing
People embarrased of their possesions. Real deep giz, keep it up
The trials and tribulations of RIM are a long-running joke in these parts Cinilak. Furthermore, I would be more concerned about your awful spelling, my dear chap.
*adjusts monocle*
This makes me laugh, it’s true all of the kids at school are using Blackberry’s so potentially they are the adult buyers of the future and yet RIM hasn’t even got the sense to market the product to them.
Some people just want a phone as communication device.
Others might like apps, and others enjoy owning a status symbol.
Whatever floats you boat.
However if you feel the need to hide your phone its because the people around you are brand-blowing swamp donkeys and you yourself are weak.
Was the ‘Chavberry’ covered in a Burberry sock?
see now I’m torn, as my current phone has died, and was either going to get a cheap android, cheap windows 7 (probs the 710) or the blackberry 9320, my previous phone was the nokia e71 so i do like that full keyboard style, but are blackberry’s really that bad?