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U.S. President Barack Obama is such a BlackBerry Ltd. fan that he reportedly walked off a helicopter before take-off and ran back into the White House to retrieve his trusty smartphone.

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Mr. Obama had already crossed the White House lawn to board Marine One en-route to Las Vegas on Friday, but quickly stepped off and headed back into the building saying, “I forgot something,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

The leader of the free world later returned to re-board the helicopter, and in response to reporters’ questions about what he forgot, he replied: “My BlackBerry.”

Mr. Obama is a longtime user of smartphones produced by BlackBerry. In 2013, he told reporters he couldn’t use Apple Inc.’s iPhone for “security reasons.”

BlackBerry, a pioneer in the smartphone segment, has lost market share over the years to competitors such as Apple and Samsung Electronics Co., whose devices are based on Google Inc.’s Android platform. The company has recently pivoted its strategy to target enterprise customers in areas such as governments and financial services, and worked to increase its security offerings.