Two years after the switch to using the Windows operating system made by Microsoft, Nokia officially said goodbye to Symbian.
Last device that uses the mobile OS being manufactured and will be shipped around the middle of this year.
Nokia will continue selling Symbian devices in emerging markets, but it was only until stocks are left out.
News of weakening or a termination gait Nokia Symbian phones is actually not surprising. Operating system that had become the most popular mobile platform is constantly decreasing in recent years.
In the first quarter of 2013, Nokia just send 500,000 units of Symbian devices. Nokia 808 PureView which was released in mid-2012, as well as a recent Symbian smartphones which were introduced this company, also failed to boost sales.
One of the main problems regarding this platform is the development of a long and complicated.
"It took 22 months to develop a Symbian device, while Windows Phone only take less than a year," said a Nokia spokesman at the Financial Times.
Nokia now relying on Windows Phone 8 as his Lumia smartphone platform to compete with competitors such as Android and Apple dominate the market.
The Asha series phones from the Finnish manufacturer still using the operating system Series 40 (S40). The platform has now been updated to "new Asha" product through Nokia Asha 501, which was launched in early May.
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