BlackBerry to cut BIS

[m3n4ce]

So, im due for an upgrade in a few months, and even though im fully looking forward to unboxing my Samsung Note II, i still keep an eye on the market. Thus I was look at what BlackBerry was going to do.

The BB10 Phones does look very good BUT...... they gonna kill them selves, specially in South Africa.
They are cutting BIS

Extract from Article:

No BIS
Neither the Z10 nor the Q10 will support BIS because they’re too data intensive, and that could be the real obstacle for attracting lower-end users like those in India and South Africa.

However, World Wide Worx MD Arthur Goldstuck says those who suggest that without BIS BlackBerry is as good as dead are missing a number of subtleties of the company’s proposition.

See full article here

What you think? I reckon this is the final coffin for BlackBerry

[Tank]

based on what i'm reading only on BB10 devices. older bb6 and 7 os jobs bis will still be go

[Lyt]

Good, can't wait for RIM to die out along with all the blackberries.

[Tank]

Good, can't wait for RIM to die out along with all the blackberries.

you know i kinda find it sad that you would wish unemployment on people

[JP'S]

you know i kinda find it sad that you would wish unemployment on people

Not kinda.... It IS sad....

[_Caboose_]

Im BES dont care cant wait for this BB omg its soooooooooooooo awesome had it demo'd in November

[z1oc]

i find it stupid and lame. Its going to be like any other phone now and Iphone and S3 are the best and most used so far not many will go for or back to Black Berry

[Lyt]

you know i kinda find it sad that you would wish unemployment on people

Ummm maybe if they didn't make such shitty phones and didn't have bad internet service ( with vodacom's 1 gbps bandwidth allocation to 1.2 mil users, awesome ) just maybe I wouldn't wish it upon them.

[cpt_rocks]

Ummm maybe if they didn't make such shitty phones and didn't have bad internet service ( with vodacom's 1 gbps bandwidth allocation to 1.2 mil users, awesome ) just maybe I wouldn't wish it upon them.

That's Vodacom then, not Blackberry. Blackberry is fantastic especially for corporate e-mail and I had no issue with my BBs since 5 years. Personally I am looking forward to the new devices and I'm sure they will be fantastic.

[HavocXphere]

based on what i'm reading only on BB10 devices. older bb6 and 7 os jobs bis will still be go

Which sucks donkey balls. I wish they'd charge for BIS per megab. Its useless as is. Charging a bit would get rid of all the kids downloading movies over it.