BlackBerry's Passport Smartphone Quickly Hit 200K Preorders
BlackBerry's new square-faced, enterprise-targeted Passport smartphone hit 200,000 preorders within two days of their debut online on Sept. 24, selling out the devices for now and giving the company some pleasant news after what has been several years of disappointments.
The 200,000 preorders were announced by John Chen, BlackBerry's CEO, during a first-quarter 2015 earnings call with analysts on Sept. 26 and have been confirmed by BlackBerry.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman, however, would not reveal any additional details about the preorder figures to eWEEK, including whether the 200,000 preordered Passports meant that the initial supplies of the devices were exhausted and that future buyers will have to wait longer to get them. The spokeswoman would also not comment about when additional supplies of Passport smartphones will be available to buyers.
