RIP Symbian! As Nokia Announces It Won't Produce Any Symbian Devices In The Future

(GSM Insider) - RIP Symbian! As Samsung Announces Its Won't Produce Any Symbian Devices In The Future.

Still remember the Nokia 5800 with touchscreen and stylus? Or Nokia 6680 which is the first 3G mobile phone with front camera? These two were the powerful Symbian devices from Nokia in the past. 

On Thursday, Nokia announced that Nokia 808 PureView is the last device from Nokia that running on Symbian. In other words, Nokia decides killing off the older operating system. As Nokia does not have the intention for Android devices, Windows Phone will become the main operating system.

It has been a long time since the Symbian was introduced to the mobile world. It was once the world no.1 operating system before the arrival of Android. After Google purchased Android, the adoption of Android was so fast and Symbian unable to cope with it. 

At last, Nokia decides to drop the Symbian from its devices. Just like previously Nokia dropped the MeeGo from its product line. Former developers of MeeGo at Nokia formed a new company known as the Jolla Mobile and renamed the MeeGo into Sailfish OS. Will we see another Jolla Mobile to save Symbian? 

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Nokia Shipped 9.3 Million Units of Asha Devices On Q4 2012, Two Times Higher Than Lumia Devices

(GSM Insider) - Nokia Shipped 9.3 Million Units of Asha Devices On Q4 2012, Two Times Higher Than Lumia Devices.

Recently, Nokia reveiled its financial report for the 4th quarter 2013. The financial report showed the numbers that are higher than expected. At the 4th quarter alone, Nokia successfully shipped 4.4 million units of Nokia Lumia devices. However, Nokia Lumia devices not only everything for Nokia. 

If you think Nokia depends on Lumia devices to survive, then you are wrong. Nokia Asha devices are important to Nokia as well.

In the recent Q4 financial report revealed, Nokia Asha devices achieved higher shipment than the Nokia Lumia devices. Nokia Lumias with Windows Phone might be the main stream for the Finnish company, but Nokia Asha devices did its part as well.

At Q4 2013, the shipment of Nokia Asha devices reached 9.3 million units. This sales was twice more than the Nokia Lumia devices with 4.4 million units only. This showed that Nokia still able to compete in the entry level market.

Nokia Asha devices are the entry level that running on Series 40 OS. Seems like Nokia Asha devices still competitive in the entry level. 

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Android Leading UK Smartphone Market Share With 47% Followed by Apple 28% and BlackBerry 15%

(GSM Insider - December 23, 2012) - Android Leading UK Smartphone Market Share With 47% Followed by Apple 28% and BlackBerry 15%

Android smartphones are domination the smartphone market in most of the countries around the world include the UK. In the latest report released by ComScore, Android leading the UK smartphone market followed by Apple and BlackBerry. 

Android leading the UK smartphone market with 46.6% followed by Apple at second place with 28% then 15% from BlackBerry. Surprisingly, Windows Phone has only 3.1% which is fewer than the Symbian at 6.4%. For the manufacturer, Apple leading the pack with 28%, followed by Samsung at 24%, BlackBerry at 15%, HTC 15% and Nokia 7.9%. 

GSM Insider predicts that Android continues to dominate the smartphone market in the UK for a few more years. Surprisingly, Windows Phone still weak on market share as it falls behind the Symbian. Microsoft needs more efforts to pull it up the table. 

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Android Dominates China Smartphone Market With 90% of Market Share

(GSM Insider) - Just imagine 9 out of 10 smartphone users in China are using Android devices. This is the scene at the country with world's largest population.

In the latest stats from Analysys International, it reveals that 90.1% of smartphone in China are running on Android. Then Apple's iOS with 4.2%  and Symbian with 2.4% only. These numbers do not include those unofficial devices that purchased from other countries.

In China, there are multiple brands of smartphone that popular. For examples - XiaoMi, Lenovo, Meizu, Coolpad and Oppo. You might never heard them before or very seldom heard them after all. But they are really popular in China.

Due to the large population, these companies no need to ship their devices overseas as focusing on its local market already generated enough profits. 

Since the numbers are not included those unofficial devices, so the numbers might be not so correct. There are huge numbers of people purchased iPhone from neighbour Hong Kong. The 4.2% might only represents the total of iPhone activated at China Telecom.

China definitely is a huge pie for all manufacturers. Thats why Apple eager to set up partnership with China Mobile for the iPhone 5 release. China Mobile is the current world's largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers. 



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Android Continues To Dominate Global Smartphone As Market Share Hits 75%

(GSM Insider) - Seems like Android is sitting firm on the top of smartphone market. In the latest report, Google's Android was dominating the global smartphone market, followed by Apple's iOS and BlackBerry OS.

In the latest report, global Android smartphone shipments reached 136 million units in Q3 2012. Android smartphone currently owned 75% of market share compare to same quarter last year which had only 57.5%. Apple's iOS increases in market share as well from 13.8% last year to 14.9% this year. Android with multiple Google apps are the main reason why many people opted for Android. The BlackBerry smartphone market share dropped from 9.5% to 7.7% last year. The Symbian suffered drastic loss in market share as 14.6% last year to only 4.1% this year. 

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End of Symbian Era After Belle FP2 Was The Last Update

(GSM Insider) - Five years ago, Symbian still dominating the world with Nokia devices like Nokia 5800, Nokia 6680, Nokia 3230 and Nokia 6600. However, this was the past and every going to end soon.

Nokia confirms that Belle FP2 was the last update for the Symbian operating system. There will no more update coming afterward as Nokia decided to drop Symbian into "Maintenance Mode". In other words, there will be no more new development on the Symbian. This day has arrives after Nokia announced Windows Phone is the priority. With the Nokia all in with Windows Phone, the is the end of a mobile operating era.  [Nokia Developer]

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Symbian Is Not Dead! Nokia Set To Release Symbian Carla Soon

(GSM Insider) - After Nokia killed off Meego, there are rumours stated that Nokia might kill off Symbian as well. This is because Nokia set to put their bet on Windows Phone. And now, sources tell us that Nokia set to release Carla update for the Symbian devices.

In May, Nokia release Belle FP1 update for Symbian. At that time, there are rumours said that Belle FP1 is the much rumoured Symbian Carla update. But seems like this assumption is wrong after all. Belle FP1 is just a small update that different from Symbian Carla and Donna. 

According to further sources, Symbian Carla supports 720p display, dual-core processor and HTML5 as well. The Carla update will bring improvement for Symbian. But it might be the last Symbian and we will not see Donna in the future.  [Source]

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Nokia Asha 300 Now Selling In UK via Unlocked Mobiles, Price At £84.98

(GSM Insider) - Hey, Nokia fans out there. Nokia is not only about Lumia and Windows Phone. They still offering Symbian / Nokia OS feature phone as well. The Nokia Asha Series is the latest non-Windows Phone series from Nokia. This Nokia Asha 300 is a middle-low price phone that suitable for everyone. 

At the moment, Unlocked Mobiles in UK offering this Nokia Asha 300 for the price of £84.98. The price is sim free. As from the website, we can see the colour would be the Graphite colour. 

Here are some specifications of Nokia Asha 300: 

System: GSM Quad Band 850/900/1800/1900

Battery: BL-4U 1110.0 mAh,

Talk Time: 6.9 hours 2G / 4.3 hours 3G

Standby time: 550.0 hours GSM

Display: 2.4 inches TFT LCD Screen

Dimensions: L: 112.8 W: 49.5 D: 12.7mm

Operating System: Nokia OS

Connectivity: Micro USB, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, 2G

Camera: 5 Megapixels

In addition, this phone comes with 24 months warranty from Nokia. So anyone from UK getting this?

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