US carriers not hopeful on BlackBerry Z10 according to analyst

February 13, 2013 By 8 Comments

The BlackBerry Z10 has been seeing great sales in both the UK and Canada since its release.  However the US market is still waiting to get the first BlackBerry 10 device, and certain analysts believe that the Z10 will not fair as well in the US.  It seems that carriers may be more excited about the release of the BlackBerry Q10, due to the fact that it isn’t a full touch screen device.

Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair, believes that American carriers are not as optimistic about the Z10 as Canadian and British ones were.

“While Blackberry’s stock continues to get whipsawed as investors debate the hopes for Z10 sell-through against headlines like Home Depot ditching Blackberry for iPhone, we are getting indications that U.S. carriers are not optimistic about Z10 sell-through, but are instead more hopeful about the keyboard-based Q10 due out in the May/June timeframe,” he writes. “We agree, and believe that Android and iOS are simply too entrenched in the U.S. market for the Z10 to make much of a dent in the U.S. beyond an initial run of Blackberry brand loyalists picking up units in the May quarter. We also continue to see evidence of growing enterprise support of iOS and Android.”

While I believe that the traditional BlackBerry user will hold off and wait for the physical keyboard toting Q10, I think there is still a demand for the Z10.  It all depends on whether or not iOS and Android users see a reason to jump over to the BlackBerry ecosystem.

Do you think the BlackBerry Z10 will do well in the US?  Or will the Q10 be the real BlackBerry 10 star?  Let us know in the comments.

 

Via:N4BB
Source:Forbes

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  • king125

    I think the opposite. There are a lot of people that only moved away from BlackBerry because of a lack of apps and ecosystem and I think with some good marketing on how the product is now competitive it could take off.

  • cb

    What ecosystem? You have got to be kidding me.

  • http://twitter.com/djghettoredneck djghettoredneck

    I don’t know about Z10 taking off or not. All I know is that I want the Z10.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1179662459 Monica Gutierrez Buruato

    BS! I can’t wait to get a Z10!!!!!

  • http://flash0p.wordpress.com/ flash0p

    Well when they can spell BlackBerry properly like they take the time to do with iPhone then I might consider this to be a valid story. Until then the haters can keep on hating.

  • http://twitter.com/pcsparks2 Philip

    Just release it already and quit analyzing it! That is why I am going to T-Mobile. They can make a decision

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kt-Domino/100001698435977 K.t. Domino

    I’ll be buying one.

  • RR3773

    The consumer will prevail, not the analysts nor the reporters. Reporters have not conducted a global review or search of the 175 countries where BlackBerry is launching phone devices. The analysts seem to forget there are 650 global carriers committed to BlackBerry. Rather, the US is centered as a point of success or failure for BB yet the US is only 4% of earth’s population. The US is at -0.1% GDP economic growth, currently. The US is saturated with devices. The emerging markets are the center for BlackBerry where GDP exceeding 10% exists. BlackBerry is already situated in these markets with their product and Z10 and Q10 launches. US market share is not that material any longer. The flurry of initial device purchasers by American “CrackBerries” will be welcomed, however it will not make nor break BlackBerry. BlackBerry has deep roots into the global economy where BlackBerry is truly appreciated and valued. Let the analysts rest in peace with declining Apple stock prices and decking device sales while BlackBerry concentrates on the developing nations, nations not saturated with Apple devices. Apple is in 114 countries. BlackBerry is in 175 countries. That equates to 61 countries free of Apple devices where BlackBerry potentially reins with enthusiasm and strong sales. Will the American analyst or reporter be thrilled with BlackBerry? Ha, the intelligent American consumer will “peek” and fall in love. . . 16 million existing users of BlackBerry are Amerians!