It's hard for me to express in this written format how much of a triumph this situation was for me, and for BlackBerry. Buy I'll do my best.
I work in a telecoms store with 9 other people. All of which are Apple fanboys to the extreme. In particular, this duo of dudes that have more bromance between them than N'Sync (90's rocked). Being the only person sporting a bb10 device I often got a lot of jeers and sneers.
However, over the past few weeks I've been wearing one of this duo down. Breaking through the layers of Apple loyalty to the core of rational thinking and logic that I know all Apple fanboys once had. I mean, Apple dominated for so long for a reason!
Then yesterday a friend of one of these dudes gifted him a Z10 (apparently he's got another BlackBerry friend rooting from behind the scenes) and so he brought it into work today with him as his primary device. As a "trial" he says.
Throughout the day he'd come over casually and ask a question, or make a comment, or simply want me to show him something new. He'd then walk away as if it were nothing. By the end of our shift he was actively interested. He loves the amazingly integrated File Manager with his Box and Dropbox and remote access. When his brolover, started work and came over to see my new convert with his Z10 he said with a sneer, "where's your real phone, man?" and my convert VERY forcefully responded, "Shut up, _____! This is the realest phone we sell!"
I nearly cried. Woot for BB10.
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I work in a telecoms store with 9 other people. All of which are Apple fanboys to the extreme. In particular, this duo of dudes that have more bromance between them than N'Sync (90's rocked). Being the only person sporting a bb10 device I often got a lot of jeers and sneers.
However, over the past few weeks I've been wearing one of this duo down. Breaking through the layers of Apple loyalty to the core of rational thinking and logic that I know all Apple fanboys once had. I mean, Apple dominated for so long for a reason!
Then yesterday a friend of one of these dudes gifted him a Z10 (apparently he's got another BlackBerry friend rooting from behind the scenes) and so he brought it into work today with him as his primary device. As a "trial" he says.
Throughout the day he'd come over casually and ask a question, or make a comment, or simply want me to show him something new. He'd then walk away as if it were nothing. By the end of our shift he was actively interested. He loves the amazingly integrated File Manager with his Box and Dropbox and remote access. When his brolover, started work and came over to see my new convert with his Z10 he said with a sneer, "where's your real phone, man?" and my convert VERY forcefully responded, "Shut up, _____! This is the realest phone we sell!"
I nearly cried. Woot for BB10.
Do you like tequila? Join in a group chat about your favorite brews. Or, I have a general group discussing Booze and Brews. BBM me to join. Pin:24D23BB7