It will be a sad Christmas for BlackBerry - CHIP

According to a report published by himself BlackBerry recorded a net loss of $ 4.4 billion, despite revenues of $ 1.2 billion. These revenues are lower by 56 percent compared to the same quarter last year and 24 percent lower compared to the previous quarter. In the last quarter managed to sell 4.3 million BlackBerry smartphones, of which 1.1 million were working suddenly under control of BlackBerry 10

Canadian company also announced that it has established a strategic alliance with a company Foxconn, which will be jointly with the designing and producing equipment and accessories. BlackBerry will focus on improving thanks to its software. The new smartphones will be produced in “developing countries”, such as Indonesia and Mexico. This applies to smartphones but only for mass marketing. Devices luxurious, high-end, will continue to be designed exclusively for the BlackBerry.

Black clouds over the BlackBerry. Company logs gigantic loss - Computer World (press release)

Fans of the brand

BlackBerry have reason to worry. The company is increasingly difficult, presented recent financial results only worsen it.

Canadian manufacturer made because 4.4 billion dollars in losses in the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 (September to November). What’s more, revenue decreased by 56% compared to the previous quarter. To make matters worse, fails as sales of new smartphones: Q10 and Z10 (working under the new system, BlackBerry 10). Of the 4.3 million sold during the period devices until 3.2 million models are working under outdated BlackBerry 7

Before

recently selected a new CEO is therefore a challenge. John S. Chen announced the launch of BlackBerry cooperation with Foxconn’em . The effect of joint actions to be new phones / smartphones, including cheaper models on the market of Indonesia. What’s more, the new BlackBerry boss announced that the company will focus on its traditional business, customer service or business and governments.

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BlackBerry financial results at a glance - Money.pl

2013-12-20 13:29

Author: Peter Barycki

In this regard, note that the press release on the results of the BlackBerry is the usual long and boring, tried to summarize the most important information contained in it information.

most important announcement:

• BlackBerry plans to change the structure of the company, giving off within the following divisions – Corporate Services, Communications (BBM), systems QNX and Devices. There is therefore no question that the BlackBerry withdrawn from the market in hardware
• sold in the quarter, more than 1.9 million units (in the previous year was over 3.7 million), of which the majority were smartphones with OS 7
• Including equipment previously supplied to the distribution (ie, counted as “sold”) to customers had about 4.3 million units, of which 3.2 million were mobile with OS 7
• Revenue totaled $ 1.2 billion (last year 1.6)
• 40% came from sales of equipment, services 53%, 7% of software
• 29.5% of revenue comes from North America, 46% EMEA, 11.3% from South America, 14.2% from Asia Pacific
• operating losses due to restructuring of the company amounted to $ 4.4 billion
• $ 1.6 billion of this amount is, as in the previous quarter, unsold equipment and the costs of production (Inventory Charge)
• loss after adjustments amounted to $ 354 million ($ 0.67 per share)

Cash

• Features BlackBerry is now $ 3.2 billion (previous quarter 2.6 billion)
• is not expected to in the next quarter cash holdings declined
• Since the release installed over 30 000 servers BES10, including the world is more than 80 000 installations BES
• Over the past 60 days, more than 40 million new users on Android and iOS
• Founded more than 250 channels of 000 BBM
• QNX Automotive will present new solutions during the coming CES
• BlackBerry establish cooperation with Foxconn in creating devices on the market developing

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The first BlackBerry device, and Foxconn in March - Money.pl

2013-12-20 14:18

Author: Peter Barycki

early as March or early April next year the shops in emerging markets should hit the first models which result announced today the BlackBerry cooperation with Foxconn – revealed during today’s conference CEO of BlackBerry.

Smartphones these will be equipped with, among others, in 3G module (instead of used to date LTE) and of course will be based on the operating system BlackBerry 10 Phone codenamed BlackBerry Jakarta should be at the same cheap enough to at least partially out of the market still popular with OS7 smartphones.

What’s most interesting, Foxconn will be primarily responsible for the design of the device itself, while BlackBerry will deal mainly part of the system.
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A gigantic waste of Blackberry - Republic

Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry smartphones informed about the extremely poor results for the first three quarters of this year. All because of a drastic drop in sales and a loss from operations.

Blackberry in the third quarter was a gigantic loss of AZ4, $ 4 billion. A year earlier, the company could boast a small advantage – 14 million dollars. In the past year also dropped dramatically company’s revenue. In 2012, the third quarter of Blackberry closed result of $ 2.7 billion. – This year for the third for the third quarter revenues totaled just $ 1.2 billion.

This year, the Canadian manufacturer has sold 4.3 million smartphones-of which 900 thousand. cameras with the latest version of the BB OS.

John Chen, the new president of the company, and that he could keep the Blackberry alive, and even regain the lost position. Emphasizes that the company still has $ 3.2 billion. in liquid assets and is capable of three consecutive months to finance current operations. In order to maintain liquidity and reduce costs BLACKBERRY had to drastically reduce employment. 4,500 people have lost their jobs – 40 percent of all employees. Then lost his job as CEO – Thorsten Heins Germany, who was replaced by John Chen.

Problems Blackberry – once a precursor in the production of modern smartphones – began when their existing customers switched to its competitors – Apple iPhones or smartphones with Android or Windows. Trying to regain customers in North America and Europe with new models failed. Now John Chen hopes pinned in developing countries and in Asian markets. He has to help her collaboration with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, which produces, among others, iPhones and iPads as Apple. The agreement was signed for five years. As the first part of this collaboration is to develop a new model of smartphone designed specifically for the Indonesian market.

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BlackBerry has to bend in order not to break - BBC News

BlackBerry company should give up the production of expensive devices and focus solely on the lowest shelf price – writes in a letter to the President of the Canadian company Brian Blair – Wedge Partners analyst.

It is difficult not to agree with the advice of Blair

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Blair stresses that salvation and the best strategy for BlackBerry is the production of low-cost smartphones with QWERTY keyboard as distinctive and recognizable element – we read in the pages of the BGR. These should go primarily to developing countries, because it is there is the greatest demand for this type of equipment. For example, given the Lumia 520 – the best selling smartphone with Windows Phone in 2013.

Analyst predicts that the BlackBerry could sell up to 100 million low-cost smartphones. It must only be selling about 10 new models. However, none of these devices should not cost more than 199 dollars. (In this amount would have to contain 25 per cent. Margin). In contrast, the same device should combine the features of the Q5 (with QWERTY keyboard) and modern design of model P’9982 Porsche Design BlackBerry. Blair says that designed the phone could become a sales hit of 2014.

Another piece of advice applies to discontinue development of BlackBerry 10 Analyst rightly notes that the market currently ruled by three operating systems – iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Each of them has huge support from their manufacturers. And on such a costly investment in software BalckBerry simply can not afford. Besides, it will be difficult to persuade developers is to create new applications.

Blair sees hope for BlackBerry in emerging markets such as Latin America, India and Southeast Asia. Men of consumers need low-cost smartphones that can handle support critical applications, like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Netfix and YouTube. In the case of such software physical keyboard is welcome and can give you an advantage.

Besides, it is difficult not to agree with the opinion that properly made smartphone with a QWERTY and fast software is better than the touch competitor running Android – obviously for the same – low – price.

Emerging markets are an excellent primer for both new players and a lifeline for the experienced, but declining manufacturers. The best example of this is HTC, who can not cope with the competition with the products of the highest quality and the price begins to flood China with cheap smartphones. In turn, virtually inaccessible in Europe smartphones Lenovo enjoying record popularity in China.

$ 4.4 billion loss BlackBerry - Business Pulse

BlackBerry, which failed to achieve a strong position in the global smartphone market and was not able to find a new owner, recorded in the third quarter ended in November, $ 4.4 billion net loss, which gives a loss of USD 8.37 per share. A year earlier, the company had $ 9 million profit.

Adjusted for one-off operations, net loss amounted BlackBerry in the last quarter of $ 354 million, or 67 cents per share.

Revenue fell to 1.19 billion USD. A year earlier reached 2.73 billion USD.

BlackBerry announced that concluded a five-year partnership with Foxconn Technology for the development and production of the cell to the Indonesian market, as well as other fast-growing markets.