Almost 40% Of BlackBerry Users Would Rather Have An iPhone
It’s no secret that like Microsoft, RIM has long enjoyed its position as king of its domain. And like Microsoft, they have built a corporation seemingly content with resting on their laurels.
First off, RIM is doing it all wrong. We all know the first step to a successful product launch is to secure a remote production facility, preferably in a country with negotiable morals and with access to a limitless population of unquestioning drones content to live in a remote industrial shanty town that you establish. And remember, nothing builds synergy like a routine, yet thorough cavity search of all assembly personnel. For added impact and some international press, feel free to rough up a Reuters or AP reporter.
How do you know when your product has made it? First, market share. Second, when employees start killing themselves for disgracing the company.
Of course I’m being sarcastic, and Foxconn, Apple’s components supplier, ships parts around the world to countless Western electronics manufacturers, but it highlights just how big of a deal the iPhone has become.
That said, it’s no surprise that a recent Crowd Science poll, and subsequent 9to5 Mac article detailed that almost 40% of current BlackBerry users “prefer Apple’s iPhone for their next smartphone purchase.”
Clearly, if you’ve spent any time on my blog you’ll know that I’m an iPhone guy– no debating that. But for the past two years I’ve endured countless watercooler conversations where BlackBerry owner after BlackBerry owner touted their beloved RIM device, claiming to “prefer it to the iPhone”. I’m glad to know that, at least for 40% of you, your claims were total bullshit.
While there’s no question that devices comparable to Apple’s iPhone are already available to consumers– none of them are BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry is a capable device, but to say you prefer it to the iPhone is like saying “I prefer to churn my own butter because I like it”. Sure, you can have a preference, but let’s not act as though churning your own butter is as efficient as purchasing it in the store.
Keep your head up. I’m sure your contract will be over soon.
