Nokia announces postponement of release of SYMBIAN3 operating system

Beijing Time April 22 Evening News, according to foreign media reports, Nokia announced in Thursday, will postpone the latest Symbian 3 operating system release, mainly because Symbian 3 failed to meet the internal quality standards of Nokia.　　Nokia has said that Symbian 3 will be a more intuitive, more interesting, faster operating system, and will be applied to the actual mobile phone products at the end of this year. "We will not release the product if the quality does not meet the needs of the user," said Nokia CEO Kallasvuo Olli Pekka Kallasvuo in Nokia's first quarterly earnings call. He also said: "It's painful to postpone the release, and I know that." But meeting quality standards is a must. Nokia's first-quarter earnings report in Thursday was not up to market expectations. Analysts say the Symbian 3 operating system will be a key factor in boosting the operating margin of Nokia's products and services this year.　　The delayed release of Symbian 3 led Nokia to reduce its operating gross profit margin this year from 12% to 14% to 11% to 13%. Industry insiders believe that a better smartphone operating system for Nokia's future development is very necessary.　　Nokia is lagging behind more innovative rivals in the smartphone market, such as Apple and HTC. Nokia said it would pursue its rivals through Symbian 3 operating system, while Symbian 4 's launch was not urgent. "Symbian 3 will be a big boost and I don't think we need Symbian 4 this year," says Kallasvuo. "It is not clear how Symbian 3 will change the user experience of Symbian," he said. Timo Ihamotila Timo Ihamuotila, Nokia's chief financial officer, said Symbian 3 would be optimized for touch screens and would support flash movies. However, Nokia will not completely abandon the existing version of the Symbian operating system, and will continue to release the use of these systems of mobile phones, especially in emerging markets. (D-Gold)