Quote Originally Posted by oldhat View Post
There are much cheaper Android devices live the Samsung Galaxy Pocket that outperform a basic Blackberry device(8520). One can also get a 100mb pre-paid data bundle from CellC for R15.00 which is enough for basic browsing, emails & chatting on WhatsApp for a month!
Quick search on Pricecheck shows Galaxy Pocket and Curve 8520 are both available for around R1 000. Some people would still argue R50/R60 per month for unlimited browsing is still a better deal than R15 for 100mb. If your phone is your only source of internet and you don't have a computer those 100mb would be gone pretty soon.

But I understand your point, that there is competition available at the low end of the market. BB is just so ingrained into social interaction in SA that it will take a damn good deal to break that hold. Or perhaps BB10 will do the job for them...