Officials in the United States go from BlackBerry to iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S6

The US Senate has decided to dispense with Blackberry smartphones. The transition from one of the largest corporate clients of the Canadian company in the use of iPhone and Android devices is proof falls faster Blackberry's popularity, the peak reached in the second half of the 2000s.

As Kommersant reported with reference to the usefulness of the press office of the Senate, there are two reasons for the denial of the use of BlackBerry senators: first, according to company sources stopped production of the models on the basis of its popular OS 10, already presented in 2013; secondly US officials finally realized that the Blackberry century has passed and has reached the age of iOS and Android operating systems. BlackBerry company denies the information about the cessation of production of models based on the OS 10, saying that this applies only to models of Blackberry Classic, other models can be maintained this operating system.

Members of the United States Senate will in future choose to use BlackBerry smartphones, choosing the iPhone with 16GB of flash memory or the Samsung Galaxy S6.

The history of BlackBerry smartphones has its origins in the late 1990s, when the Canadian company Research in Motion launched its first communicator. The popularity of smartphones Blackberry started to use among business travelers and officials - largely thanks to the special presence of data encryption and a high level of protection of personal correspondence, which at that time was this smartphone a great competitive advantage. In addition, the software enabled smart phone easily connect to a network information system and access all company files.

Peak quotes BlackBerry came in July 2007 when the company's stock Research In Motion reached a record $ 230. In that year, Apple introduced the first iPhone. In 2009, the rate of Blackberry in the global smartphone market has reached 20%, while in the US 55%. However, the company was unable to provide timely response to Apple smartphones and every new Canadian version of OS phones and caused the fall in sales.Now, the proportion of Blackberry in the United States is only 0.8%, while prices of the company barely reach $ 7.