Techradar posted a news story that Apple's iOS software has overtaken Nokia's ailing Symbian platform to become the second most popular smartphone OS in the world, according to new figures.

The iPhone's operating system now boasts 19 per cent of the smartphone market, according to research firm Canalysis. iOS is now second only to Android, which Canalyst says has a massive 48 per cent chunk of the pie.That means for every two iPhone's bought, five Android phones are sold. Nokia's latest humbling at the hands of Cupertino comes only weeks after Apple overtook the Finns in handset sales.

  Apple iOS overtakes Symbian