Wow, what a horrendous super bowl advertisement.
From the sounds of things, it sounds like BB10s in Canada are going to be wiped out by pre-orders. No pre-order and you're screwed. Some pretty damned impressive demand. Guessing 100,000+ phones but probably more in a country of 35 million. If they sell 350,000, that is 1% of the population in the first few days.
I anticipate that Canada will have 200,000 or so phones on launch day.
UPDATE: Some carriers now taking new pre-orders but saying that you'll be waiting till atleast the 14th of February.
I don't think most people had a BB. Android and iOS gained their users from the rapidly exploding smartphone market.
Over time people become more and more entrenched in their OS of choice, making them less likely to switch.
In my opinion BB has a negative brand recognition to the general smart phone public.
Nope, just reporting in the "RIMM death watch" thread. Thought we should keep an accurate historical record as we watch this company die.
Oh, that reminds me. As of about 2 PM many locations in Canada were sold out of Z10s.
I walked into 4 stores today ready to buy a phone outright. I don't have one
Why didn't Blackberry do it like Apple? If you want the latest iDevice on launch day, just pre-order on the day pre-orders begin.
"The Washington Post writes about how vendor fragmentation leads to security vulnerabilities and other exploits. This situation is '...making the world's most popular mobile operating system more vulnerable than its rivals to hackers, scam artists and a growing universe of malicious software' unlike Apple's iOS which they note has widely available updates several times a year. In light of many companies' Bring Your Own Device initiatives 'You have potentially millions of Androids making their way into the work space, accessing confidential documents,' said Christopher Soghoian, a former Federal Trade Commission technology expert who now works for the American Civil Liberties Union. 'It's like a really dry forest, and it's just waiting for a match.'"
Preliminary reports from Dubai are like a broken record. Sell outs are pending. All white Z10s were accounted for via pre-orders.
Manufacturing in December estimated at 500,000 units. January was 1-2 million. February is 2+ million. Ya, vague. These are estimates by analysts. Actual numbers are known to BBRY only and will never be known. If at end of February 4 million were made and they will have all sold, that is pretty damned good.
You are letting emotion color your current trade. As of now all your positions are still way out of the money and the value eroding as time passes and gets closer to expiration.
No, not really. I have expectations going in. And expectations are being grossly exceeded at this point.
I'm up about 700% right ow on my "trade" ... I base my thesis on value investing so my calls are an "investment".
Ever since the launch, short interest has been dropping.
You are up 700% which is an excellent return, why not take your profit and lock it in?
Before it becomes a 100% loss position.
I guess I should have taken some of my profit.
Shrugs.
Next run up, I'll sell a piece. maybe 20%. Then sit on the sidelines to decide my next move.
I think this thread needs a bump. I can't wait for IHateMyJob2004 to post his spin on the numbers. I can't say we didn't warn him to get out. Bad idea to invest in a company whose only strategy is playing catch-up.