Faster than any other transition in technology ever. But the iPhone destroyed both, very rapidly. Yes, Nokia never had significant share in the U.S., where Windows Mobile was strongest. Android is simply a euphemism for 'the remains of the mobile industry apart from Apple.' It accounts for no more than a quarter of the industry’s profits. The presence of Android/JavaME phones is also not material because those platforms have not increased share they’ve just changed the name of the distro used by vendors who poop out low end devices that don’t really matter on an economic level. Remember that Windows Mobile continued to sell in Mexico long after it was toasted by the iPhone in markets where it was making money, too. Not exactly relevant. It is not exactly a living platform, and has been dead for a long time. It was already clear to smart commentators at that stage that ultimately Maemo/MeeGo would replace Symbian - an operating designed for low-powered hardware - as hardware advanced.īy 'Symbian strongholds' you mean remaining markets for Nokia to sell its old, low end stuff. Nokia released its first internet tablet based on Maemo (the previous name for MeeGo) in 2005. You say that Nokia had a 'secret plan' to replace Symbian with MeeGo but it really wasn't all that secret. If you look at where Symbian was dominant in terms of geography and price points, there's far more overlap with Android than iPhone. Ultimately, Nokia and Elop destroyed Symbian, ditched its well-reviewed successor and never found a viable alternative. Other Symbian strongholds such as India and China haven't truly been conquered by Apple yet. Symbian never had double-digit marketshare in the US for example. The iPhone certainly destroyed Symbian in the UK and Australia but the picture in other countries is mixed. To say that the iPhone destroyed Symbian would be an incredible over-simplification of what happened.

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