BlackBerry suffering global slide as developing world shuns devices for low-cost Android phones

BlackBerry’s troubles aren’t limited to North America and Europe. Those in the developing world, which once embraced the fruit-themed devices, are also shifting away from the once-proud phone maker.

According to its latest 6-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, BlackBerry described how the “intense competition” from the wider smartphone circle is impacting the company’s finances, and that much of the decline it saw in the U.S. market is “now being experienced globally.”