On January 15, sihai.com technology channel reported that Samsung's $7.5 billion acquisition of Blackberry was officially denied by BlackBerry officials and Samsung officials. Although Samsung hopes to get BlackBerry's patent portfolio and sell it at a high price, the news is generally regarded as a stock market rumor. However, affected by the news, blackberry shares in the New York market in the afternoon trading rose by up to 30%, trading volume is huge. The stock closed up $2.89, or 29.71%, at $12.60, hitting a 52 week high of $12.63. BlackBerry shares rose another $1.05, or 8.85%, to $12.92 in after hours trading up to 16:31 EDT (5:31 Beijing time on the 15th). In the past 52 weeks, BlackBerry's top price was $12.63 and its bottom price was $7.01.
In response, industry analysts and senior netizens said one after another: "Samsung is a Bangzi state-owned enterprise, and BlackBerry's largest customer group is not the Chinese black box literature and art blind, but the U.S. federal government employees. It's impossible to think with your head. 'however, some consumers said that they didn't want BB to integrate even a little bit of Samsung elements, and some senior netizens worried that BlackBerry would repeat Nokia's mistakes sooner or later.