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Three days ago, BlackBerry company began selling its new smartphone - model Passport. The design is quite interesting, although in general the same approach as in the phone Nokia Asha, for example. Passport armed square screen diagonal of 4.5 inches. Unusual features of the new smartphone BlackBerry caused some interest in novelty. CEO admitted that the first batch of smartphones Passport was sold for 6 hours after the start of the start of sales.
However, it is not known how many units sold. On Friday, for example, the Orders Passport expected 200,000 applications. This is a fairly modest number for a company whose service provides about 80 million. Subscribers. According to analysts, the share of BlackBerry devices on the market dropped below 1%, and the company will continue to develop, but with an emphasis on programs and services. At the same time, smartphone sales in the reported quarter accounted for 46% of revenue to pay for other services 46% and 8% of the revenues brought the program.
Over the last business quarter, which for BlackBerry ended August 30, the company earned $ 916 million. Previous quarter revenue was $ 966 million., And a year ago in the same reporting period - $ 1.5 billion. Though the company's revenue continues to decline, there is also a reduction of losses that promises to return the company to profitability during 2015. Related Products :
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