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Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind

24 January, 2013 | Read the news | Post your comment
Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind - read the full textWe all knew this was eventually coming, but it's now official. Symbian on Nokia is dead. Nokia managed to send off the once might platform in style. The 808 PureView will go down in history as the last Symbian device by the Finnish manufacturer. Nokia announced the news alongside its great...

 

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I salute you Symbian! You're taking your rightful place in the Mobile Hall of Fame, being a forefather to the new mobile os's of today. You have done a great job! As long as a Symbian phone is alive, you'll never be forgotten..

Wait a minute, Ashas are S40 right? And S40 means Symbian40 right?? So it is not typically Dead?

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  • 2013-01-24 15:50
  • P@1G

the king is dead long live the king.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:50
  • rAMh

Pure view will be part of Nokia lumia windows phone=)=) It is time to be back on top=)

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  • 2013-01-24 15:50
  • K7g@

i really feel like i should be paying my respect, RIP Symbian.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:49
  • Nvgt

> In reply to Becool @ 2013-01-24 15:43 from t@Cn - click to readHahahaha! The best OS between 2002 - 2007 yeah because competition was weak. It died because Nokia didn't update it until too late as an out dated OS cannot compete with modern times.

Hope the lesson has been learnt nokia!

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  • 2013-01-24 15:48
  • p$VH

> In reply to nokia=sammy @ 2013-01-24 15:25 from i5x7 - click to readThose are NOTSymbian phones...!

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  • 2013-01-24 15:47
  • nm5t

The first operating system on a phone that satisfied my needs!

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  • 2013-01-24 15:47
  • nyfY

> In reply to scepan @ 2013-01-24 15:39 from F$Z% - click to readThey are not symbian! They are classed as half smart phones.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:46
  • p$VH

I don't know why so many are shocked and upset by this? This is what happens when a company does not bother to update and out of date unstable OS to modern standards in the for over 10 years. It was good back in 2002 - 2007 as the competition was not very good as well; but when they basically left it when iOS and Droid hit the scene it was plain idiotic of nokia.

Hope the lesson has been learnt Nokia!

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  • 2013-01-24 15:45
  • p$VH

it seems.......Nokia is preparing for a "BIG BANG".........!

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  • 2013-01-24 15:43
  • 7wDg

Its sad to see the best OS put to sleep. ....I have been a fan of nokia and symbian and will always be....I still have 10 nokia fones in my drawer. ....I have just purchased my 2nd 808 pure view....tat a collector's item a true master piece wic no other mobile company could develop....808 pv is still my main fone....and I have 9900 bb and note 2....but still nothing beats 808 till now....I still love symbian belle on fp 2 pack....all the functions wat 808 has no fone even comes close....And I love taking lot of pic....I travel a lot...soo free navigation with prinstalled maps is awesome....usb otg....fm transmitter....and all...I love my 808....now I have 2 808 to last me for ever...love u symbian and Nokia....thou I have heard 41 mp is cmg to windows 8....lets wait and watch....Windows needs to learn alot from symbian....

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  • 2013-01-24 15:43
  • t@Cn

> In reply to TheMan @ 2013-01-24 15:33 from fq60 - click to readYou wish. Nokia just announced their Q4 2012 result with $585 million profit and $10.83 billion in revenue.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:40
  • t7Xk

808 PureView the last symbian phone? Really?
C'mon Nokia, how do you categorize Asha devices then?

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  • 2013-01-24 15:39
  • F$Z%

> In reply to fonehunter @ 2013-01-24 15:33 from KcVB - click to readof course its not symbian.. duh..

its just a list down of the phone i have from nokia..

duh.. (again) i did not refer to nokia. the topic here is the last symbian so the farewell is for the symbian OS not nokia it self...

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  • 2013-01-24 15:39
  • i5x7

nokia 701 is best smartphone

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  • 2013-01-24 15:39
  • utqb

GSMA, please, stop spreading disinformation.
Symbian works fine on my phone today. And I bet I will work like a charm longer than any cheap samsungs toys.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:38
  • 0xys

> In reply to TheMan @ 2013-01-24 15:33 from fq60 - click to readNot Samsung but Nokia itself committed suicide. Discontinuing Symbian OS was the biggest mistake done by them. RIP Nokia. Now nobody can save Nokia, not even Windows.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:37
  • YMk4

r.i.p symbian

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  • 2013-01-24 15:36
  • U3xT

It's a sad day for Symbian Lovers. IOS and Android can be the king of the chain but neither of the two is a simple to use as Symbian was. RIP...

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  • 2013-01-24 15:34
  • wdLQ

I think this news applied to Nokia as well...
Samsung you did it you killed Nokia finally.

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  • 2013-01-24 15:33
  • fq60
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