Blackberry could compete with Android and iOS not - NU.nl

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Although the recently published quarterly figures of the ailing company already not lied, submitted a new document that was published last Tuesday provides more insight into the poor prospects of the phone manufacturer.

Blackberry states in the document that now the disappointing figures who previously felt only in the United States, also felt in the international market.

Move the cursor over the line to see the numbers . The data comes from Blackberry. View a larger version. – (C) NU.nl / Jerry Warn

A lack of popular apps is one of the main reasons for the decline: there is a “preferred customer devices with access to the largest number of applications, such as Android and iOS,” said the company in the document

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addition, the smartphone market is “mature”, the company said, with growth in the high end of the smartphone market has become.

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end of September it was announced that Blackberry is probably acquired by investor Fairfax Financial. The offer of Fairfax, about $ 4.7 billion, is considered a relatively low price for the company that was once a leader in the smartphone market.

order to free up more money considering the Canadian company to sell more real estate writes The Globe and Mail Wednesday. Twenty buildings in the village Waterloo Ontario in the Canadian state, which is located Blackberry, would some $ 4.7 billion can muster.

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