The company will continue to focus on Lumia and Asha devices

Jun 12, 2013 15:51 GMT  ·  By

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly getting ready to finally nail Symbian’s coffin this summer, so as to focus only on Lumia and Asha devices moving forth.

Apparently, the last Symbian-based handsets from the company will be shipped this summer, after which the company will close the door on this mobile operating system.

The info comes from a recent article on The Financial Times, which also notes the fact that the company has managed to greatly accelerate the release of new handsets following the transition to Windows Phone.

While it needed about two years to bring to the market a new Symbian device, Nokia managed to launch 7 Windows Phone smartphones over the last year.

“We spend less time having to tinker with deep-lying code and more time on crafting elements of the experience that make a big difference, such as around photography, maps, music and apps in general,” Nokia reportedly commented.