Home Depot confirmed on Monday that it would be replacing 10,000 BlackBerrys issued to its executives and managers with iPhones—sending BlackBerry’s stock price tumbling by more than 4.6 percent at the end of the trading day. Further losses came in during after-hours trading.
Things have been rough for the smartphone pioneer in recent months. The company, recently rebranded as BlackBerry, has pinned its future on the Z10 handset, which debuts in the United States in March 2013. (The Q10 has been further delayed until May or June 2013.)
Home Depot is not the first organization to switch away from the former device of choice for businesses. Back in October, 17,000 federal employees also made the switch from BlackBerry to the iPhone. A Home Depot spokesperson did not say whether or not his company’s decision was made before or after the BlackBerry 10 launch.
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