The BlackBerry Storm, with its click-able SurePress touchscreen, has generated some serious sales for Research In Motion. RIM saw record one-day BlackBerry subscriber add with the launch of the Storm, and has since seen weekly subscriber records. But, despite the Storm’s success, RIM has lowered their financial outlook for the third quarter.
RIM has announced that it expects Q3 revenue to hit somewhere between $2.75 billion and $2.78 billion, down from the earlier projection of $2.77 billion to $3.10 billion. Furthermore, net subscribership to RIM’s BlackBerry service is now expected to hit 2.6 million new users, dropping from the 2.9 million subscribers expected previously.
RIM co-CEO points to “product launch timing, general economic conditions and foreign exchange volatility” as reasons for his company’s lower third quarter expectations.
[Via: MocoNews]