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by frosted-flakes 2695 days ago
Except modern BlackBerrys provide a far more enjoyable and accurate experience than typing on glass. It's not necessarily faster, but nicer. And you even get gesture support for stuff like adding suggestions and moving the cursors around. Modern BlackBerrys run Android.
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And all 10 people prefer that "more enjoyable experience", so it makes one wonder, more enjoyable to whom?
I've never understood this attitude toward BlackBerry. Not that I really care, but you'd think more people would rather have more choice, than less.

It's true that BlackBerry the company was unsuccessful at selling phones since its heyday many years ago, but they're not in that business anymore, and haven't been for years. These days, they license the BlackBerry brand and patents to companies like TCL, who've been relatively successful with phones like the KeyOne and Key2. Just because BlackBerrys (BlackBerries?) form an almost insignificant share of Android devices doesn't mean they're not good.