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Full keyboard, arkanoid, “punch flying machine”, on the Apple iPhone to more than a dozen generations today, the BlackBerry that has been defeated by it has become something that can expose the age.

People’s communication systems are always vulnerable to disasters.

On September 11th, 18 years ago, terrorists hijacked passenger planes and crashed into the World Trade Center. Large-scale telephone calls were immediately generated. This quickly smashed the communications network in New York City. People’s mobile phones became furnishings, only BlackBerry. Still working normally.

E-mail was a feature of the BlackBerry at the time. It was supported by a private network developed by BlackBerry. Even in the case of channel congestion, text messages with a small bandwidth would only be delayed for a few seconds, and then sent immediately.

This system shows the power of the national crisis: officials use the BlackBerry to issue instructions, ambulance personnel use the BlackBerry to carry out rescue operations, and those trapped in the World Trade Center can contact them and their families at the end of the day. Only emails from BlackBerry.

The hero of the September 11th incident, now the student party's

After the 2003 US-MC power outage and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the reliability of the BlackBerry was repeatedly verified, and it was called the “lifeline” of disaster.

Based on this word of mouth, the BlackBerry has gradually become popular, and it has nearly 100 million users at its peak.

And now, when you go online to search for BlackBerry, except for a few scattered business news, only the BlackBerry fans remember the past:

The hero of the September 11th incident, now became the student party's

▲ Knowing, “Why are you still using BlackBerry in 2019?” is the most relevant question about BlackBerry

When mobile phone manufacturers continue to innovate, BlackBerry’s latest mobile phone, the BlackBerry KEY2, was released last June more than a year ago.

The hero of the September 11th incident, now becomes the student party's

This is currently one of the few BlackBerry models still on sale, still retaining the iconic full keyboard, but the large touch screen and Android make it no longer as special as it used to be. Even the ones that made it were not the BlackBerry itself, but the Chinese TCL.

In 2016, Blackberry abandoned its mobile phone business and turned it to a third party. In another year, the market share of the BlackBerry has approached zero. To this day, these authorized manufacturers have turned a deaf ear to the “Blackberry”, a former gold-plated sign.

The BlackBerry that no longer produces mobile phones is still alive, but for consumers, the BlackBerry may never have a new look. The elegant full keyboard will disappear with people along with the “Blackberry logo.” In memory.

The hero of the September 11th incident, now the student party's

▲The small keyboard button is like the surface of the blackberry, which is the origin of the brand name “Blackberry”

It’s some old BlackBerry models, because the call quality is solid, but there is no app available, so it is labeled as “Knocking Machine” and “Stop the World” and is used by some people, especially for the student party. Passionate.