BlackBerrys accounted for only 3% of smartphones used in Canada at end of 2017
TORONTO — Somewhat reluctantly, Athar Afzal finally gave up on BlackBerry earlier this year.
He was a longtime fan of the iconic Canadian phone brand but his company forced employees who weren’t already using iPhones to transition over. He was ready to make the change though, having grown fed up with the slowness of his aging BlackBerry Priv.
According to online measurement firm comScore, there aren’t many holdouts left in Canada still using a BlackBerry.
BlackBerrys accounted for only three per cent of the smartphones used in Canada at the end of last year, says comScore.