Originally Posted by enapace:
“Blackberry OS is basically dead and is not likely to recover. Mozilla OS is still very limited and can't see them becoming a major thing either.”
Which is a shame. I moved to Blackerberry O/S in the summer and find it much better than Android as it seems quicker and more secure with more options for security and app permissions and with it's ability to run Android apps from Amazon and the Google Play Store as well as Blackberry's own apps I found it better than my old Sony Z3 Compact.
I went for the Blackberry Leap as I dislike the square phones with physical keyboard and the only thing against it really is the spec (needs a faster CPU and better camera) - personally I wish Blackberry would bring out a Leap with the same screen size and specs as a Sony Z5 Compact, even if it cost a couple of hundred quid more than the Leap it'd still be under £400 SIM free.
The Blackberry desktop software is also superb and the best I've used in years (and pisses over Samsung, Sony and Appples desktop software).
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Amazon has access to cloud systems and their own successful ecosystem, but even they hit a brick wall and their Fire Phone literally crashed and burned.”
Amazon were their own worst enemy with the Fire phone as it wasn't a bad device and would likely have been a lot more popular if Amazon hadn't stupidly made it a network exclusive with O2 and allowed the google play store on it - I'd have bought one if it had been available SIM free and unlocked out of the box.