In a bold move to promote its Tizen operating system — already used in its Gear range of wearables — Samsung has unveiled its first Tizen-based smartphone. The specs on the Samsung Z, as it is known, are far from average. The handset comes with a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED screen, powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core processor and a 2,600mAh battery. It also comes with a built-in fingerprint sensor, which Samsung first introduced in its Galaxy S5 flagship. The device has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, and it also supports 2D and 3D graphics.
At the Z’s unveiling in Russia, where the device is set to launch later this year, Samsung touted Tizen as a platform not just for phones, but also for a range of connected devices, from home appliances to door locks and watches, to communicate with one another in the future.
Samsung showed off a line of Tizen-powered devices ranging from Tizen Android cameras to a prototype smart television that connects to online content using Tizen.
Fans of Samsung’s Android devices shouldn’t worry too much though. Although the Korean manufacturer has grand plans for its new OS —which it predicts could account for as much as 15% of its yearly mobile shipments — it claims Android wifi still be its main platform.
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