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It has nothing on Nokia, 'Nokia' is synonymous for 'cell phone' in many countries

I live in Australia, where this used to be true. It is no longer the case.

How do you think Symbian is still pushing so many sales?

Because it runs on very low-end hardware, which makes it cheap. That advantage is slowly dying as low-end mobile chipsets get more powerful (eg, Android phones are down to $80 here, with no contract)



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