Symbian Blowing The Competition Away

Symbian took the liberty at the Mobile World Congress to let loose some numbers, and my, they’re staggering. Anyone who thinks Symbian is under intense competition from, well, anyone, check these stats out:

In 2007, 77.3 million handsets were shipped with the Symbian OS. Remember that both UIQ and S60 are based on Symbian. That means that every 3.3 seconds in 2007, a Symbian handset was shipped. Take a minute to soak that in. They shipped 53% MORE handsets in Q4 2007 than in Q4 2006, though the average royalty dipped slightly.

At the end of 2007, there were a total of 141 different Symbian handsets on the market, compared with 108 at the end of 2006. Symbian also increased its global market share by 2%, up to 7% of the market by the end of 2007.

Well done, Symbian. With Sony Ericsson’s new Symbian UIQ-based G-series and Nokia working on S60 Touch, there’s sure to be even more Symbian-based handsets shipping in 2008.