Nokia celebrates 1.5bn phones running on S40
January 26, 12 by David GoldsteinFinnish mobile phone maker Nokia says it has shipped the 1.5 billionth phone running its S40 operating system.
The first S40 phone was sold in 1999, and the software underpinned Nokia’s commercial success for years.
“It’s difficult to think of a product line with such an impact on the world’s population,” said Mary McDowell, who runs Nokia’s mobile phone division.
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