quarter time BlackBerry has a loss of 4.4 billion dollars ago. That did not go well with the Canadian company was an understatement, but the expected loss was estimated as high. BlackBerry
had sales of $ 1.2 billion, which is also significantly lower than the 2 , $ 7 billion from the same period a year earlier. Analysts had forecast revenue of 1.60 billion dollars. The loss of $ 4.4 billion is due to a large depreciation and various other non-recurring costs.
This amortization amounted to $ 2.6 million, represents BlackBerry 10 devices and other things related to the mobile operating system that looks more and more like a flop. BlackBerry indicates that most of the smartphones sold in the quarter were BlackBerry 7 features dating back to 2011. The sale of BlackBerry devices also was a fiasco, where in the third quarter of 2012 6 9 million smartphones were sold, were now 1.9 million units. BlackBerry gave earlier also how many users it has, but this figure falls short of the latest quarterly figures omitted, which is certainly also not a good sign There is also positive news,. BlackBerry has a five-year contract with Foxconn signed , the latter will help in the development of a number of BlackBerry devices. Foxconn will manufacture the products additionally. This cooperation is aimed at emerging markets, with Indonesia as a starting point. 
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