Smartphone operating systems

operating system created by Google for use on mobile devices

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple for its iPhone line of smartphones. It was unveiled in January 2007 alongside the first-generation iPhone, and was released in June 2007. Major versions of iOS are released annually; the current stable version, iOS 26, was released to the public on September 15, 2025.

operating system for mobile devices created by Microsoft

Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS is a descendant of Psion's EPOC, and was mostly used on ARM processors, although an x86 port exists. A modified version of Symbian for x86 was used on the Fujitsu LOOX F-07C where it was dual booted with Windows 7. Symbian was used primarily by Nokia, and in select models of Samsung, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson. It was also prevalent in Japan by brands i

mobile operating system developed by Microsoft

Linux-based mobile operating system by Mozilla

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mobile interface for Ubuntu, developed by UBports

second generation of Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system

webOS, also known as LG webOS, is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices, such as smart TVs, that has also been used as a mobile operating system. Initially developed by Palm, Inc. (which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard), HP made the platform open source, at which point it became Open webOS.

mobile phone Linux distribution

third generation of Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system

mobile phone operating system developed by Microsoft

discontinued proprietary mobile operating system by BlackBerry

variant of the Android operating system for low-end devices

mobile operating system developed by the Openmoko project

OPhone (also known as OPhone OS, and sometimes called OMS, short for Open Mobile System) was a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel and based on early versions of Android. The operating system was developed for China Mobile by software firm Borqs.

Mobian is a project to port the Debian Linux distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. The project was announced in 2020. It is available for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab, PineTab 2, Librem 5, OnePlus 6/6T, and Pocophone F1.

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LuneOS is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by the WebOS Ports community. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, LuneOS is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. The OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching, and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects, and a virtual keyboard.