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Obama was forced to use a Blackberry while president and he hated it.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/11/11910306/obama-upgrades-from-blackberry
Edit: Ugh, I hate the way The Verge totally failed at punctuation.
The quote is about Obama being forced to give up his beloved BlackBerry and move to a secure phone.
That quote is about the replacement phone, not the Blackberry
Any secure phone will have the same restrictions - the manufacturer doesn't make much difference in this case