Andre Yoskowitz
24 Jan 2013 23:17
Nokia has confirmed today that the Symbian operating system is officially dead.
The operating system, which was once the most popular smartphone OS by a long shot, has now seen its share fall to under 5 percent of the total market, and Nokia has officially killed it.
Nokia's 808 PureView is the last Symbian device, ever: "During our transition to Windows Phone through 2012, we continued to ship devices based on Symbian. The Nokia 808 PureView, a device which showcases our imaging capabilities and which came to market in mid-2012, was the last Symbian device from Nokia."
There is a chance that the PureView tech will make it to Lumia Windows Phone devices this year, which could help the phones differentiate from rivals.
Nokia sold 2.2 million Symbian phones in the Q4 2012, and 4.4 million Lumias. By comparison, Apple sold 48 million iPhones during the quarter.