Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is expectedly upbeat about BlackBerry OS and exceedingly negative towards the iPhone. Heins recognized Apple's contribution to the smartphone market, but said the company is falling behind.
Apple did a fantastic job in bringing touch devices to market They did a fantastic job with the user interface, they are a design icon. There is a reason why they were so successful, and we actually have to admit this and respect that." Heins added, ""History repeats itself again I guess the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don't innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. T