The clouds were still hovering above the headquarters of Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones.
Canadian company reported on Thursday (6/28/2012), in the first quarter reductions in BlackBerry smartphone shipments to 7.8 million units. This figure is lower by about 30 percent from the previous quarter, which recorded shipments of about 11.1 million units.
Canadian company reported on Thursday (6/28/2012), in the first quarter reductions in BlackBerry smartphone shipments to 7.8 million units. This figure is lower by about 30 percent from the previous quarter, which recorded shipments of about 11.1 million units.
In fact, as reported by Reuters, RIM has always recorded before shipment rate of over 10 million BlackBerry units each quarterly since late 2009. In the first quarter of 2012, "tradition" is finally broken.
Report describing the losses suffered in the first quarter RIM-2012 for 518 million U.S. dollars, as if emphasizing the effect of breaking "tradition" is.
In the same period last year, the company still recorded a profit of 695 million U.S. dollars.
RIM earnings in the first quarter of 2012 declined 33 percent, from 4.2 billion dollars in the previous quarter to 2.8 billion U.S. dollars.
In contrast, the number of BlackBerry subscribers have increased to 78 million. Except in North America, all other regions recorded growth of users.
10 BlackBerry RIM will be the mainstay of its release was delayed into the first quarter of 2013. According to RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, it is because the BlackBerry smartphone 10 do not meet the "standard" set by it.
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