Why Verizon has been able to get by releasing new Blackberry devices a year after other carriers and why that time has come to an end | RIMarkable |

The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog: "Why Verizon has been able to get by releasing new Blackberry devices a year after other carriers and why that time has come to an end.

I was reading a comment from a RIMarkable reader that calls himself EvilHomer about why he feels Verizon will never gain an edge as far as BlackBerry devices are concerned over GSM based carriers. Although I don’t agree with every point, I think he is dead on for the most part.

His post really made me think about just how Verizon has been able to get by with their strategy of releasing new BlackBerry devices almost a year behind their GSM competitors and doing very well for themselves while doing so.

His post also made me think about how this time is coming to an end for Verizon.

Verizon owns the Business BlackBerry market

The majority of BlackBerry users in the United States use their devices for business and the percentage of business users on Verizon is probably the highest of the big 4 carriers. This is because Verizon has more business contracts than the other carriers and also because their personal plans are generally more expensive than the other carriers. They have the most business users and consumers aren�"