At one time, Blackberrys were ahead of their time.  They were one of the first "smart" phones and they allowed the business professional to take his office on the road.  However, they failed to keep up with the world, and are now paying the price for it.  Yes, the business community still has a soft spot for them, and yes many people still swear by them; but the truth of the matter is, in the consumer world, the world of the everyday people, Blackberry is not nearly as relevant as they should be.  I had a Blackberry pearl a few years back.  When I first got it, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world.  A phone that could kind of sort of surf the net and handle my emails!  I was in heaven.  Then it started crashing every other week.  EVERYONE who's owned a Blackberry is aware of the "battery pull" situation - you know, when the phone freezes and all you can do is pull the battery?  That was annoying.  Then the trackball would collect dust and be unusable until you cleaned it.  And of course, the web browser was limited.  When the iphone came out and started a whole new generation of smartphones, RIM chose to stick their head in the sand and ignore the change.  Some of their newer product is better, but they still lag behind in terms of user friendliness ease of operation.  Numbers don't lie - and what the sales numbers prove is that Blackberrys just aren't important to the average consumer.  There will always be Blackberry loyalists, but then again, there were always people buying Oldsmobiles and VCR's until their dying days also.

If you travel abroad you still have to have BB. Iphone costs a fortune.

Apple is far superior in applications available to the user. Far less superior in clarity. I have been a Blackberry user primarily for business use and now a user of the new Playbook tablet. My wife uses the iPhone 4 and all I have to say is; carry a charger and great insurance with you at all times. I would also suggest handling the phone with extreme care. Battery life on that phone is awful, and the durability isn't worth the price/headache. I could all of my BB's against a wall and it would still function. In fact, I accidentally ran over it with my car in the parking garage after falling out and still functioned. People may use the word dinosaur to describe them, but probably because of its durability :) Good luck Apple users, I'll stay with my dinosaur.

I am, also on my second Blackberry phone. I love it. There may be apps out there for the Iphone but games aren't what I use a phone for. There are far more productivity tools for the blackberry than the iphone.

I have a BB Bold 9900, love this thing to death. When I wanted to upgrade from the 9000 I was thinking about Galaxy SII, I waited over 8 months after my contract was up for the Galaxy SII. Unfortunately my carrier wasn't offering the Galaxy SII. So I waited for the new bold instead. I wasn't even thinking of the iPhone. I hate the fact that you have to use iTunes to do anything. You can argue whatever about the iPhone technology. It's good but Android is as good or better. What's my point? At least I looked outside of RIM, iPhone was out fir ne because you have to use their services to do anything. They might have millions of apps but who can use all of them?
Android phones offer more variety. I love the look of the Razr and Galaxy Nexus.
If iPhone users like the way it operates good for them. They must also like one brand of car, one chain grocery store to buy food, one type of job, one type of clothing. Namely blue jeans and black turtle neck.

The BB Bold 9900 is the best for me. It plays games, music, videos, takes pictures. Has voice activated options. I can use their push email, use a service called BBM and many other stuff. It has a touch screen

Kinda like an iPhone. Apple is about marketing. They can probably market a patch of grass and people will flock to it.