Samsung bets on Tizen smartphones again with a new launch in India

From PC World: Samsung Electronics continues to place its bets on the Tizen operating system for smartphones, with the launch Tuesday in India of a 4G enabled smartphone priced at 4,590 rupees (US$68).

The company’s Tizen phones have not very successful in the country, and the new device is not likely to disrupt the market in which Android phones dominate, said Vishal Tripathi, research director at Gartner. “The previous Tizen phones were good, but people were not used to the operating system,” he added.

The Z2 is the third Tizen phone the company is launching in India. It was preceded by the Z1 and Z3. India has been a primary target market for Samsung's Tizen phones because of the country's large number of price-sensitive customers.

The new 4-inch WVGA screen phone has a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB with a microSD card, and a dual SIM. It is powered by a 1500mAh battery. The phone has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front camera.

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