Therefore, your argument is INVALID.

Main selling point of BB is the BBM. Apple didn't conceived a BBM killer until 2011 (iMessage), and Android didn't even have one (GTalk is a joke).

So, until Apple sells a cheap iPhone (for $300-400) with iMessage capabilities, (they could sell iPhone 5 as flagship and make an “iPhone 5 LE” as budget model), people won't adopt iPhone in place of the already common and very cheaply available BlackBerry.

And its worth of note that in Indonesia, there's no “carrier-subsidized” phones. You practically have to buy phones in retail stores with their full price tags. And then you decide between carriers, either contract or pay-as-you-go. Lately, carriers began directly selling iPhones, but they still selling it with full price, albeit offering bonus minutes, SMS, and unlimited internet access for 6 months or so.

1) I still love my BB but it is so outdated. even the Torch or the new Bold with touch screen can not compete with the user experience you get from iPhone/Andriod. If RIM do not tackle these problems (the fact that they are maintaining their stance of 'phone is only for emails and communication'), in the near future i'm sure BB will start to lose its grip in the market, history repeating itself.

2) The main reason why I am still using my BB is because of BBM. Sure there are cross-platform communication like Whatassp. but who are we kidding. it's not as good as BBM. and without BBM, you literally have no way of socialising/communicating with everyone else in Indonesia.
3) Why am I 'migrating' to iPhone you ask? User-experience. One thing that frustrates me the most with BB is its lack of user-experience for social media or apps. If they had allow installation of apps in its media-card OR at least increase their internal memory by a few more gb. I probably wouldn't buy my iPhone. So many times I want to install some apps like facebook, twitter, whatsapp, g-maps, foursquare, etc.. just those simple 'necessary' apps, no game..but the internal gets clogs.. memory leak in BB is ridiculous. So i have had enough of these limitations and migrating to iPhone. 

On the other hand, I do prefer the QWERT keyboard over touch screen. And i would prefer to keep my phone as a phone rather than a distraction with games etc. (we have iPads for that) but as for 2012. I will be using two phones. Weighing which one is a better choice. and HOPING that RIM will come out with some magic and get on with the game.

There is a reason why everyone in the western world are choosing iPhone/Andriod over BB.. and Indonesia is a growing market which is slow in its intake of 'new' technology. I can see the growing frustration by a lot of people and the available alternatives in the market..

Let's just pray for BB. I am still a fan and customer of BB but hopefully Apple won't take my soul. 

just for fun..

Problem is, many of us here don't own BlackBerry for the original purpose or intended reason, they own it for style, showing off and bragging rights ..

I dont have problem with BlackBerry device, really .. but why anyone has to own one? If not, you'll just end up deserted, considered poor or … strange.

Well tell you what, I have an iPhone .. which far better and more expensive, so I dont really care about BlackBerry

fyi: blackberry bold 9700 = $300 – $320 & iPhone 3gs 16GB = < $600

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