Samsung Z2 aims to keep Tizen afloat with crazy low price, 4G LTE, dated design

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Choice is always good, and you can never have too many options when it comes to the competitive yet rigid world of mobile operating systems. Unfortunately, Samsung, much like Microsoft or BlackBerry lately, doesn’t seem very convinced its proprietary platform has what it takes to challenge Android and iOS on a large scale.As such, the third Tizen handheld lands in India today with modest aspirations and a fitting price. Even ...

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Samsung Z2 likely to go official at last on August 23, high-end Z9 Tizen phone also in the works

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

With a minuscule reported global market share of 0.2 percent after more than four years of on and off software development work, 18 months since Z1’s commercial release, and a rapidly shrinking supporter roster, you might be wondering why Samsung continues to bet on a seemingly losing horse called Tizen.Well, according to The Korea Herald, the company’s (extremely) long-term plan of “leaving” Android is still on, and Tizen-powered phones will continue to be unveiled in low-end markets such as India, Indonesia, South ...

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Official-looking Samsung Z2 promo video surfaces ahead of launch

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

While Samsung’s leap over the number 6 in the recent branding of the newest Galaxy Note installment was certainly surprising, it also had a reasonable explanation (or two), signaling a massive hardware upgrade (which isn’t entirely factual), as well as bringing the S Pen phablet family on the same level with the Galaxy S lineup.That said, it’s much trickier to justify the name of the next-gen Tizen phone for emerging ...

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Samsung’s next Tizen phone could be a four-inch Z2

Posted on by Jules Wang

Tizen isn’t the most exciting mobile platform out there right now, but Samsung wants to keep progress going on its baby. After all, it is outdoing BlackBerry’s sales in some markets. And to further things along, we may soon see a Z2.TIZEN CAFE on Twitter has put up what looks to be South Korean import ...

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The new MediaTek Helio P10 said to appear in the ZUK Mini

Posted on by Jules Wang

Lenovo subsidiary ZUK has been working on its Z2 handset, a sequel to its first one released back in August. But the parent company has been very much keen on having ZUK lead the company’s innovations — the international Z1 featured Cyanogen OS.More change is on the way for two ZUK models, both ...

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Tizen overtakes BlackBerry for fourth place in Q3 2015 mobile OS ranks

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

BlackBerry made a controversial move when finally jumping on the Android bandwagon, and while the financially struggling Canadian company insists it remains committed to its own proprietary platform, throwing in the OS towel altogether seems the right call nowadays.It started looking that way a long time ago, to be honest, as BlackBerry OS not only fell considerably behind the two market leaders holding the industry in a dangerous duopoly situation, but also lost contact with the bronze medalist.Needless to highlight ...

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Facebook app becomes native to Tizen on Samsung Z3

Posted on by Jules Wang

Samsung’s sprawling ecosystem, Tizen, has had plenty of support from the company. How and why it continues to do so as its smartphone shipments are stagnating, we don’t know. But the small platform has had a hero phone to coalesce around, the Samsung Z3. As it pushes into more markets, ...

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Already affordable Lenovo ZUK Z1 gets discounted to irresistible $280 for limited time

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Officially released in the five biggest European markets just a couple of weeks back at prices converting to the rough equivalent of $430, the Cyanogen OS-powered ZUK Z1 can be purchased now if you hurry (and are lucky) for much less.Specifically, $280, two-year warranty included, from international e-tailer AliExpress, which remarkably also ships the 5.5-inch Android worldwide for no extra fee. What’s the catch, you ask? Well, there were only ...

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Cyanogen OS-powered Lenovo ZUK Z1 officially goes on sale in Europe

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Well, that sure didn’t take long. The rookie smartphone effort of a little known Chinese company called ZUK was barely announced domestically a couple of months back, securing Cyanogen as a key software partner soon after, and already, folks living in all “big five” European markets can purchase the Z1 from their local Amazon e-outlets.Of course, ZUK isn’t your typical OnePlus or LeTV-like mobile neophyte. The seemingly obscure brand ...

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Samsung Z3 Tizen phone goes official in India with emphasis on price and design

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Let’s not act surprised. We’ve been waiting for a few months now for Samsung’s sophomore Tizen effort, and though it follows in the footsteps of the Z1, we never expected it to be called Z2. Instead, it’s dubbed Z3 in a Windows 10-like ploy meant to draw attention to its generation-skipping major upgrades.But emerging markets remain the primary focus of the Tizen project, at least as far ...

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Samsung Z3 Tizen phone pictured again, as production apparently begins in India

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Samsung has long been tipped to skip a number in the branding of its next-generation Tizen handheld to highlight the prospective Z3’s radical evolution over the original Z1. After a short rumor mill hiatus, the Z3 name started to pop up in online reports again a couple of weeks back, and various evidence seems to suggest a wider global ...

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Samsung’s Z1 Tizen phone sells over a million units, with new models on the way

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Even when you’re a smartphone giant like Samsung, it’s no easy task convincing shoppers to try their luck with an unknown mobile platform. But that’s just what Samsung’s been doing with Tizen, and after a bumpy start, the company managed to finally get a phone out to market, with the introduction early this year of the Z1. With over 100,000 sales in the first month, the Z1 looked like it might actually be a ...

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What if the Samsung Z1 were an Android One phone?

Posted on by Joe Levi

On the surface, the Samsung Z1 isn’t a very compelling phone for most of us. It’s only got ¾ GB RAM (768 MB), a dual-core 1.2 GHz Processor, and a 1500 mAh battery.  I doesn’t stop there, either. With 4GB storage, and a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 800, you’re not going to see the Z1 competing with anything even approaching a “flagship”. That’s okay for it’s target: emerging markets. After all, it runs the lightweight Tizen OS – not Android. What if it did run Android? What if the

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Samsung Z1 announced as the company’s first Tizen smartphone

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

After hearing lots or reports, rumors, and even leaks in the past, for the longest time, the Samsung Z1 announced today is indeed the company’s first Tizen phone. Back in December we knew to expect it this month, but with no exact release date; however, today, it becomes official. There was a lot of speculation behind the phone (and Samsung’s move), with the general consensus being that Samsung is testing the waters with ...

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New Samsung Z1 Tizen phone pics surface

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With the end of the year now in sight, it seems pretty safe to say that 2014 is going to pass us by without the release of a smartphone running the Tizen platform. While the operating system has made its way into things like cameras and smartwatches, Samsung’s efforts to deliver a handset powered by Tizen have so far come up short – we got so close with the announcement of the Samsung Z back in June, but that never had the momentum to make it through to a commercial release. And while 2014 won’t be the ...

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