Symbian released it's quarterly summary of device numbers and operation figures for Q2 2005. 7.8 million devices were sold in the last 3 months to June 2005, and more Symbian devices were sold in the first half of the year than the whole of 2004. There are 54 different phones shipping worldwide and 50 Symbian OS phone models are under development by 11 licensees.

Highlights:

Symbian OS™ shipments rise 191% to 14.5m in H1 2005

LONDON, United Kingdom – 18th August 2005 – Symbian Limited today released the following unaudited financial and operational figures for the second quarter and the six months ended 30th June 2005:
H1 2005 Highlights

* Q2 2005 shipments of Symbian OS™ phones triple year on year to reach 7.8m (Q2 2004 - 2.6m).

* Total shipments of Symbian OS phones for the first half of the year totalled 14.5m (H1 2004: 5.0m units), a half-year on half-year increase of 191%.

* More Symbian OS phones shipped in H1 2005 than in the whole of 2004.

* 54 separate Symbian OS phone models shipping worldwide from seven licensees (H1 2004 – 23 phone models, 6 licensees).

* 18 new Symbian OS phone models commenced shipping in first half from Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia and Panasonic.

* Symbian OS worldwide installed base reaches more than 39 million phones.

* 16 phones of the 54 Symbian OS phones shipping are designed for 3G W-CDMA networks deployed in Europe and in Japan.

* In addition, 50 Symbian OS phone models are under development by 11 licensees (see Notes to Editors for definitions) (end of H1 2004, 34 phones & variants and 10 licensees).

* 4,122 third party applications for Symbian OS phones commercially are now available, up 64% (end H1 2004 – 2,512 applications) (Source: Symbian research, see Notes to Editors for methodology).