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Pablo Wegesend
October 2, 2013
My first status update using my smartphone -. BlackBerry Q10
It's now October 2, 2023, a decade later!
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Even back in 2013, I was behind the times when it came to finally starting to use a smartphone.
And even back in 2013, the BlackBerry was already in decline, as the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy were taking over the world.
But at the time, only BlackBerry was making smartphones with a physical keyboard, and I wanted a physical keyboard more than anything else.
So I got what was BlackBerry's latest phone, the Q10!
I blogged about it a few weeks after I started using it.
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2013/10/adventures-on-my-new-smartphone.html
While I'm usually not a materialistic person, I was so in love with my Q10 that I preached its virtues online and in-person to anyone who would listen.
However, over time, the Q10's browser was getting outdated. The Q10 was using the BlackBerry OS, whereas most apps were now catering only to phones with Android or iOS systems.
So in 2018, I got another BlackBerry, this time it was the KeyOne, which uses the Android system, and therefore more accessible to various apps out there.
I blogged about it back on 09/30/2018 at
https://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2018/09/adventures-with-my-new-keyone.html
The KeyOne was the 2nd to the last BlackBerry phone ever produced. Key2 was the last one.
In 2020, there was talk that BlackBerry will soon have a 5G phone. However, it never came to be, and BlackBerry announced it was no longer producing new phones, and the company will now focus on cybersecurity.
(Learn more at https://www.techradar.com/news/blackberry-5g-2021 )
I'm still using my BlackBerry KeyOne from 2018.
As for what would be my next smartphone, I was looking online to see whether there were other phone manufacturers that produced smartphones with physical keyboards. I have to have my physical keyboards.
I found out there are the Unihertz Titan, Planet's AstroSlide 5G, and F(x)tec's Pro1.
I am considering getting one of those next year. Or maybe someone else will come out with another smartphone with a keyboard that will outshine the rest.
As long as new smartphones with physical keyboards exist, I'm happy!
It will be a sad day when the only smartphones available don't have physical keyboards.
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PS: Yes, I'm aware there's a movie that came out recently that portrayed the rise & fall of the BlackBerry. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't make any real judgments on it.
