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It'll sell way more if it has an unlocked bootloader / is rootable. Also only way I would possibly be interested.
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I've yet to meet anyone with a rooted Android device never mind a typical Blackberry owner. It's almost as small a requirement as people who want keyboards.
Sure, if you ask people on TMO if they want a rootable device with a keyboard you'll get a high percentage but to be polite, we're not living in the real world.
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For it to be generally unlocked, probably not very as they'll still want to push their 'secure' services through it.
However hopefully you'll either be able to buy a key, or buy factory unlocked versions.
... or maybe it will be unlocked, and they'll sell a locked down version for the corporate market.
It's impossible to tell, but I have little confidence that they'll get it right. It'd be really sad if they're all locked down.
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I think you misunderstand what I meant. Historically and rather unfortunately, the best selling devices since 2010 or so have not been unlocked nor with a bootloader that was easily alterable.
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2010-13 is very different from 2014-now. The vast majority of big-selling relatively high end Android smartphones in the last year to 18 months are easily unlockable / rootable. Very easily.
However, given BB's history, I suspect they'll actively try to completely lock down any version they either don't offer unlocked, or offer a key / service to unlock. This simply isn't something other big global brands do anymore, because their customers hate it.
A lot of people don't even want root for 3rd party ROMs ... they just want to install apps or functionality to the phone which require root.
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The good: It's a qwerty slider in 2015!!!
The bad, it's BB's bizarre resolution. So not a horizontal device.
Still, it's nice to see they still see a market in hwkb's.