BlackBerry CEO John Chen made a statement in an interview with Reuters that has made the media go wild with his statement “If I cannot make money on handsets, I will not be in the handset business.” Just like any business move, if it is not making money you have to seek alternatives, however with upcoming planned BlackBerry devices John Chen does believe that handsets will begin to generate revenue by next year, 2015.
Update: John Chen: BlackBerry is NOT leaving the handset market
John Chen is basically open to a variety of money generating ideas for BlackBerry which isn’t unusual for those in business.
In an interview with Bloomberg:
“I don’t have a plan to get rid of handsets, I have a plan to not be dependent on handsets. All I need to do is replace the handset revenue, and this company will be very different.”
Check out the full interview at Reuters.