The Future of your App

Explore the opportunities

Even though all anyone seems to talk about these days is Apple and Android, one fact remains - Symbian continues to significantly out ship all other platforms. That means there are more consumers with Symbian devices for you to target with your apps and services than any other smartphone platform.

According to Gartner, over 80 million Symbian devices were sold worldwide in 2009. That’s about 47% of the entire global smartphone market. To put that another way, it would take the combined sales of the iPhone, RIM, Windows Mobile and Android to give the same volume opportunity.

Global smartphone sales (in millions) by operating system in 2009, Gartner research

If you take into account cumulative sales over the last two years (a better gauge of the market) Symbian devices have outsold other platforms by a minimum of 2.7:1 (for RIM) and have outsold Android devices by 20:1.

How many phones each platform sold for every 1000 Symbian phones (cumulative 2008-09), Gartner research

Imagine the possibilities

As we all know, innovation in the industry happens at a rapid pace and Symbian has the brains and the brawn of the entire ecosystem to keep its platform cutting edge. Symbian^3, the most recent feature complete version will bring new features as well as better usability to future devices and this is only the start. In other words, we aren’t going anywhere, but don’t just take our word for it…

Canalys smartphone market forecast

Forecast for phone shipments (in millions) on an open source platform in 2014 (Juniper)

Gartner forecast market share 2012 (%)

Become the future

The numbers are only part of the story. Symbian is committed to fostering collaboration, contribution and ongoing participation among the industry to develop the best mobile experience possible for consumers and mobile app developers play a huge part in that. We are excited about what’s to come and hope that you plan to be a part of our success.

To learn more, please visit developer.symbian.org and blogs.symbian.org or send any questions or queries to horizon@symbian.org.