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Android and Apple do also focus on productivity as well as entertainment. It sounds like what you're asking for is basically a high end phone but only supportin

by laumars 10y ago

Android and Apple do also focus on productivity as well as entertainment. It sounds like what you're asking for is basically a high end phone but only supporting a subset of apps and a slide out keyboard. This sounds like commercial suicide in my opinion. As much as I'd love to see more handsets with physical keyboard, they never seem to sell well enough for manufacturers to invest in releasing more models. And I really don't know where you would draw the line with which apps to allow and which not to. There'll always be someone with slightly different requirements who would refuse to buy the handset because application x or y wasn't available. I just can't see how your preferences would equate to a big enough market for Blackberry to make any money.

camelNotation 10y ago
> "As much as I'd love to see more handsets with physical keyboard, they never seem to sell well enough for manufacturers to invest in releasing more models." Because like the Priv, they attach keyboards to massive screens. Those screens aren't necessary in a productivity phone. They make it unwieldy and ridiculous to use. The form factor of a Blackberry Classic is all you need, just integrate with Android.
- Silhouette 10y ago
  The form factor of a Blackberry Classic is all you need, just integrate with Android. I think you just inadvertently highlighted why that business model would be so difficult. I was almost 100% with you in this thread until that point. I too would like to have a modern phone with a good hardware spec that is primarily a communications tool and personal organiser, rather than an entertainment product. I would like good battery life, security, privacy, and a convenient, robust design that fits in my hand and my pocket. I don't see any phone on the market today that is anywhere close to meeting my ideal requirements. But then you mentioned Android, and for me that would immediately raise security and privacy issues because of all the Google integration.
  - camelNotation 10y ago
    I'd be perfectly happy with a Blackberry Classic running BB10 OS. I just really like Google's productivity apps and would miss them a great deal.
    - Silhouette 10y ago
      Fair enough. :-)

by laumars 10y ago

camelNotation 10y ago

> "As much as I'd love to see more handsets with physical keyboard, they never seem to sell well enough for manufacturers to invest in releasing more models." Because like the Priv, they attach keyboards to massive screens. Those screens aren't necessary in a productivity phone. They make it unwieldy and ridiculous to use. The form factor of a Blackberry Classic is all you need, just integrate with Android.

Silhouette 10y ago
The form factor of a Blackberry Classic is all you need, just integrate with Android. I think you just inadvertently highlighted why that business model would be so difficult. I was almost 100% with you in this thread until that point. I too would like to have a modern phone with a good hardware spec that is primarily a communications tool and personal organiser, rather than an entertainment product. I would like good battery life, security, privacy, and a convenient, robust design that fits in my hand and my pocket. I don't see any phone on the market today that is anywhere close to meeting my ideal requirements. But then you mentioned Android, and for me that would immediately raise security and privacy issues because of all the Google integration.
- camelNotation 10y ago
  I'd be perfectly happy with a Blackberry Classic running BB10 OS. I just really like Google's productivity apps and would miss them a great deal.
  - Silhouette 10y ago
    Fair enough. :-)