Smartphone maker BlackBerry lost $965 million US in its second quarter on its continuing operations and had revenues of $1.6 billion US, both in line with its earlier warnings to investors.
Revenues were down 45 per cent from the same period last year, the Waterloo, Ont.-based company said Friday.
BlackBerry said it booked sales of 3.7 million smartphones in the quarter, a drop of 74 per cent from the 14.5 million it sold in its best quarter ever, almost three years ago.
BlackBerry's new raft of handsets released earlier this year, including the Q10, above, did not sell as well as the financially troubled company had hoped they would. On Friday, the company reported a large loss for its most recent quarter. (Geoff Robins/Canadian Press)
"We are very disappointed with our operational and financial results this quarter and have announced a series of major changes to address the competitive hardware environment and our cost structure," chief executive Thorsten Heins said.
BlackBerry had already telegraphed that its second-quarter results would include a loss of between $950 million to $995 million on $1.6 billion in sales, far short of analysts' expectations of about $3 billion.
The results include a pre-tax inventory charge of $934 million and restructuring charges of about $72 million, the company said.
BlackBerry said in a statement earlier this week that it decided to cancel its usual post-earnings conference call "in light of the letter of intent agreement between BlackBerry and FairfaxFinancial Holdings Ltd."
On Monday, Fairfax proposed a tentative agreement to take the company private with a consortium of unnamed financiers for $9 per share.
The letter of intent values BlackBerry at $4.7 billion but allows Fairfax to walk away from the offer if it is dissatisfied with a number of conditions.
BlackBerry's stock was up slightly in morning trading Friday, rising about 1.5 per cent to $8.07 US on the Nasdaq and to $8.31 Cdn on the Toronto Stock Exchange..
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