Originally Posted by Slappin Fish

BB new phones and OS are really good. Windows WP8.1 is also good, the fastest and smoothest OS for entry spec phones. But neither of them will sell a lot of units.

They can both repeat til their heads turn blue that all the major apps are available, it's all about apps and they're either unavailable or subpar. I'd buy the BB passport. but does it have a talking dictionary app I need? no. Does my broker have an app? no. My bank? no. DMX lighting controller? no. etc.

Other people will miss native Nike +, Netflix, etc. These things tip the scale, phones need to do more than secure email and internet browsing these days.