Sell your BlackBerry or Regret It

Lately, Reasearch in Motion (RIM), the company that makes the BlackBerry Smartphones, seems to be in bad shape. Why is that?

Before the smartphone craze, BlackBerry was the king. If you had a BlackBerry, you were someone, you were important. Now, BlackBerry’s are like the everyman’s smartphone. They sell entry-level models with less than stellar features. That’s good because it allows them to expand their brand to the unexposed.

Still, BlackBerry needs to make very good smartphones than can match with the best, like the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Infuse 4G. As of late, there haven’t been any BlackBerry smartphone that can match the prowess of the Samsung and the Apple smartphones.

BlackBerry might have the Torch model, but it’s still not enough. The screen is still small, which makes browsing the net a tedious task. It can’t offer the same amount of viewing pleasure that the large screens of the iPhone 4S and Infuse 4G can. 

Plus, they also lack other features, such as applications. Though the BlackBerry OS has plenty of apps, it’s nowhere near what the Apple iOS or Android offers.

So why should you sell used cell phones anyway?

After owning a BlackBerry for a few months, you may have noticed that they lack plenty of features to rival other brands:

1.      Where are the games?

Though this may seem a little silly, games are one of the biggest selling points in smartphones today. That’s why RIM still can’t branch out and appeal to teenagers and young adults – because it doesn’t have any good games. Everyone wants to play Angry Birds during their downtime. 

If BlackBerry users can’t play amazing games, they’ll borrow the iPhones of their fellow smartphones users - a bad sign for RIM.

1.      BlackBerry App World is virtually non-existent

Though this has been mentioned earlier, here are the specific numbers. BlackBerry applications are only about 26,000, while Google Android has over 200,000. The Apple iOS has about 350,000!

When you compare BlackBerry applications with the other competitors, clearly BlackBerry is left behind.

1.      The products are basically the same

Every BlackBerry released lately seems to be the same. From the Torch to the entry-level Curve series, they basically have the same features. The only difference is the quality.

The Torch has a higher quality camera, screen and performance. But when you think about it, plenty of apps for the Curve like Facebook, Twitter can be found on the Torch too. Why buy the very expensive Torch when you can just get the cheaper Curve anyway?

The same also goes for their other phones. They all perform pretty much the same, and look the same too.

1.      Their products are far behind

What’s worse than having products that are basically the same? Products with no innovation!

Every year, BlackBerry just releases the same phone with the same features. There are no updates for their software. They still like to use their own OS to power their phones.

This makes them unique, but if they were to utilize Google Android, their sales could skyrocket and put them back in the smartphone race.

Plus, their phones are not only lagging in performance, but in looks too! They still maintain the QWERTY keyboard. This gives them a unique appearance, but with a cost. They can’t fit larger screens on their phones that can display great looking videos and photos.

That is what other phones like the iPhones are good at. With great displays and futuristic looks, touchscreen smartphones are the future. But when BlackBerry still wants to hold onto the past, they’re in for some really hard times.

You’ll probably want to sell used cell phones now before things get worse for RIM. If you want to acquire the best in the smartphone market, get the iPhone or Google Android smartphones. Check out their features and you’ll see why the BlackBerry is falling behind.