Nokia’s Next Symbian Phone Could Be Its Last
Symbian’s daily life has been hanging by a thread for sometime now, right after the Android-of-its-day was systematically abandoned by manufacturers – keep in mind both Samsung and Sony Ericsson once supported it, see the Omnia i8910 HD and the Satio for illustration and even Nokia themselves opting to go with Windows Telephone more than the ageing platform.
If a new report is accurate, we could be getting really near to the last hurrah for Symbian, as The Register says Nokia has just a single final mobile phone operating the operating program to launch, and that will be that.
Although other Symbian gadgets have been in advancement, they’ve now been cancelled following decrease than anticipated revenue figures, with CEO Stephen Elop hinting the demand for very low-cost smartphones is producing it also challenging to compete.
Symbian could be going out with a bang though, as its rumoured swansong is to be a Nokia N8 sequel. The N8 has long been the greatest camera-cellphone on the marketplace, and is one particular of the few gadgets even now to characteristic a xenon flash but it’s 16 months outdated and ripe for a refresh.
While new hardware may not continue, Nokia has repeatedly promised to continue supporting the software for a number of many years however – with 2016 often offered as an finish date. There’s no cause not to assume they’ll stick to their word, as we’ve got Nokia Belle coming soon, plus there has been speak of other updates for the future.
Perhaps we’ll discover out more throughout Mobile World Congress, exactly where there’s a chance we may possibly meet the final cellphone also.