What Is Symbian OS?

The Symbian system (Symbian system) is an operating system designed by Symbian for mobile phones. Its predecessor is the EP (Electronic Piece of cheese) operating system of Pson.

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Nokia announces cessation of development of Symbian system and production of Symbian phones ^[13]

According to foreign website reports, Nokia stated in the company's financial report

The release of Nokia 808 Pure View will be the company's last mobile phone based on the Symbian system, which also marks Nokia's official announcement of the death of the Symbian system. ^[13]

Nokia said: "When we transitioned to Windows Phone in 2012, we have been selling Symbian phones. However, the 808 PureView released in the middle of last year will be our last Symbian phone." ^[13]

There have been rumors in the technology community that PureView is the closure of Nokia's Symbian system. At the same time, the industry is also rumored that PureView imaging technology will transition to Lumia phones. ^[13]

When analyzing the reasons for abandoning the Symbian system, the German "Financial Times" said that the code was too old as the main reason. Symbian is based on the Epoc OS developed in the 1990s. Now, Symbian's system code is up to 30 million lines, nearly the level of Windows XP. Experts say that new core features are difficult to implement on Symbian. Nokia has been slow in responding to the iPhone threat, and Symbian's time-consuming and laborious transformation is one of the reasons. ^[13]

Nokia's financial report released today shows that in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012, 2.2 million Symbian phones were sold, only half of Lumia phones, and accounted for less than 14% of total Nokia smartphone shipments (15.9 million). ^[11]

Before the rise of the Apple platform, Saipan was the boss of smartphone platforms. However, of all current mobile phone shipments, Symbian phones account for only 2.6% of the market, and Android reaches 72%. Part of the reason for this gap is sluggish demand. Data show that sales of Symbian phones in the Greater China region have been particularly declining, with net sales down 69% year-on-year. On the other hand, Nokia has given up on the in-depth development of Symbian phones, and the R & D and marketing costs have been significantly reduced. ^[11]

The once glorious Saipan mobile phone alliance

Although everyone knows that there will be such a day sooner or later, when it really arrives, everyone will still boast. ^[11]

The old Symbian can no longer run the new system, and finally fell today. ^[11]

On January 24, 2013, Nokia confirmed in the fourth quarter of 2012 financial report that 808 PureView is the last Symbian system phone, and Saipan has died. With the fond memories of a generation of players, a glorious era ends here. ^[11]

There are still some customers in Finland using Symbian phones, and software developed by third parties needs to be upgraded. The Symbian software needs to be signed. It seems that the certificates required for signing can only be renewed abroad, and companies that can issue certificates in China are said to no longer issue certificates until October 2013. ^[11]

Although Saipan has died because the new operating system is applicable to touch screen phones, when Saipan was the boss of the operating system at the time, keyboard phones were popular, and Saipan adopted the keyboard phone very well, but it was not applicable. In touch screen mobile phones, many users should have experience when using touch screen mobile phones of the Symbian system. However, the most powerful operating system on keyboard phones is still Symbian. ^[11]

Nokia App Store no longer accepts Symbian MeeGo app

On October 8, 2013, Nokia sent a message to developers announcing that the Nokia App Store would no longer accept new applications and application updates for Symbian and Meego systems. ^[11]

This policy will be implemented from January 1, 2014, which means that developers will not be able to publish new applications in the Nokia App Store and will not be able to provide updates to existing applications. Of course, users of Nokia Symbian and MeeGo models are also affected. ^[11]

Nokia stops supporting Saipan and MeeGo operating systems by the end of this year ^[14]

However, existing Symbian and MeeGo system applications in the app store will continue to be available for download.

Nokia said the company s focus will be on the Windows Phone and Asha platforms, and suggested that Saipan and MeeGo developers can move to these two platforms for development and get more opportunities. ^[15]

When Nokia abandoned MeeGo in 2011 and abandoned Saipan in 2012, Saipan was once the king of smartphone systems. MeeGo's Swipe UI almost redefined the sliding operation. ^[14]

For Windows Phone system and Asha platform, Nokia Store will still have good support. The core of Nokia's future strategy will be transferred to these two platforms. At the same time, Nokia also wanted to use this email to remind developers of Saipan and MeeGo platforms to move to the new platform as soon as possible, because there will be more development opportunities here. Although Nokia officially stopped supporting Symbian and MeeGo systems, a large part of the software will still be distributed in major application download sites and forums in the future, so users of these two systems need not worry too much about downloading common software . ^[11]