Symbian Highlights - Q2 2008 as at
- 225.9 million cumulative
Symbian OS units shipped across 249 different phone models since the
formation of Symbian - During Q2, 19.6 million
Symbian mobile phones shipped to consumers worldwide an increase of 5% on
Q2 2007. As expected, average royalty per unit declined as licensees
migrate onto v9 of Symbian OS with a licensing pricing structure designed
to significantly increase market adoption - At the end of Q2, seven
Symbian licensees had 92 phone models in development, an increase of 48%
on Q2 2007 (62 models) - the highest ever achieved - In Q2, eight handset vendors
including the world's five leading vendors, were shipping 159 mobile phone
models, the majority of which were based on Symbian OS v9, including the
latest release of Symbian OS v9.3, optimized for convergence - 14 new models commenced
shipment in Q2 including the Motorola Z10, Nokia E71, Nokia N78 and Nokia
6220, Samsung G810, Sony Ericsson G700 and Sony Ericsson G900, and several
handsets for the
network including the SO906i, F906i and SH906iTV