Chen: It ‘remains to be seen’ whether BlackBerry keeps making devices

[Wireless News]

BlackBerry is sticking with its plan to push out low-end devices to consumers in emerging markets while also making a more limited number of high-end devices aimed at its hardcore corporate users… for now. In his big interview with The Globe and Mail, BlackBerry CEO John Chen said that it “remains to be seen” whether BlackBerry needs “to be in the device business.” This seems to imply that while BlackBerry will still keep making some devices for the foreseeable future, Chen is willing to completely kill off BlackBerry devices if their sales don’t pick up. Elsewhere in the interview, Chen acknowledges that the company badly misfired with its launch of BlackBerry 10, which he says was hurt by a lack

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