In an interview on BBC’s One Breakfast, RIM’s European managing director Stephen Bates was repeatedly asked what his company has learned from the iPhone in producing the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, Bates dodged the question over and over again, refusing to acknowledge the impact iPhone has had on BlackBerry in the past six years (via The Verge).
“RIM’s European managing director dodges the question over and over and over and over and over again, refusing to identify the iPhone.”
A video of Stephen Bates’ interview on the BBC’s ‘One Breakfast’ can be viewed here (for UK residents only). There’s also a poor quality version on YouTube video embedded below.
Update: for a further interview, listen to the audio below where RIM’s Stephen Bates also fails to acknowledge the iPhone:
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Haha. Will this be the future of RIM customer service.
“Hello I have a problem with my blackberry”
Customer service “We are excited you have a blackberry”
lmao
+1
Wow! This guy should be a politician. He dodges questions better than Stephen Harper.
I love how even the hosts at the end throw in one last jab to really embarrass him for not answering the question.
Any way he could answer that question would just be asking for a law suit from Apple
Best part of the video at the end “Thank you, we might never know what went wrong.”
Classic.
Update: refresh this post for a new audio interview with RIM’s Bates on dodging questions about the iPhone. He’s an expert.
Just rest in peace now, RIM. Are you a zombie?
No room for your OS in any part of the world. Too late.
What’s the point of this? Is Apple alone? No? Android has a large market share and is contributing to the smartphone world. Why simply not a question “What have you learned from competition?” He clearly does not want to give anything that Apple could use in a promo like “See even Blackberry is copying us” or something like “Even Blackberry says that we are the best”. Did Apple paid that interviewer?
Blackberry helped to shape the smartphone market??? Oh bitch please….
He knows for himself that the iPhone has kicked RIM’s ass over the course of the years, he’s just afraid to acknowledge the iPhone questions.
That was Rims orginal mistake…not seeing the future…I’m interested to see what’s next in the post smart phone era because smart phones are getting old…reminds me of the old saying same shit different pile
Not just the iPhone, but the Android phones as well have kicked the crap out of BB.
Not just the iPhone, but the Androids have kicked the crap out of BB.
They are as stubborned as they were 2 years ago when they miss the boat acknowledging the smartphone revolution… And they are a arrogant today as before… Nothing has changed… Proudness is very difference from arrogance… But they never learn those guys!
Yep
This man is amazing at dodging questions. He should be a politician.
We’ve been working extremely hard on the BlackBerry 10 experience
We’ve redesigned Blackberry because we were the inventors of the smartphone market.