1 mn BlackBerry10 smartphones sold. Who's buying?

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Blackberry recently announced that it has received an order for whooping one million of its new smatrphones the Z10 and Q 10. However, they have not yet disclosed the 'established partner' to which they have sold the biggest order so far for the company.
The company denied any statement to reveal this established partner but rounds of rumour across media is rolling that it might not be a carrier.
Although BlackBerry's popularity has experienced a significant decline in the developed world, the company remains a top smartphone choice for many in the developing world. India, in particular, remains a large market for BlackBerry. So, there a strong notions that the buyer might be from countries like India!
Not a carrier....
"At the time the announcement was made, speculation was that the 'established partner' was most likely a carrier. And since it occured the same week that AT&T and Verizon both began taking preorders for the BlackBerry Z10, some assumed that one of them was responsible for that one-million-device order.
That's an easy explanation. But it's probably not an accurate one. And the reason is quite simple: Carriers like Verizon and AT&T are far too cautious to place an order of this size. Buy one million smartphones on a new, unproven platform? Up front? Unlikely,"as quoted from AllThingsDigital.

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A distributor maybe!

Another theory heating up for finding the 'established partner' is a Big electtronics distributor.

"Brightpoint, for example, is one of the largest of the large wireless device distributors. And it has a long-standing relationship with BlackBerry, distributing its handsets throughout the world - particularly in emerging markets like Malaysia. Could the "established partner" BlackBerry refers to be Brightpoint?," as quoted from AllThingsDigital.