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- 1Nine Phone Operating Systems Killed Off by Android and iOS▼9 Phone Operating Systems Destroyed by Android and iOS
A tech retrospective counts nine once-active mobile operating systems that lost out after Android and iOS came to dominate the smartphone market. Names in this familiar group typically include Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10, Firefox OS, webOS, Symbian, MeeGo, Tizen's phone efforts, Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish-era alternatives. The piece reflects on how the two-platform duopoly squeezed out rivals within roughly a decade.