Samsung Plans To Launch More Smartphones Based On Its Tizen OS This Year

Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce more handsets that will run on its Tizen operating system, this year, according to reports.

As per a report on Reuters, a source close to this development said that Samsung will roll out Tizen based smartphones at varying prices, however, other specifications were kept under wraps.

Samsung’s Tizen is an open-source operating system that is designed to a wide range of devices like smartphones, tablets and televisions, reports CNET. Technology biggies like Intel, Huawei, Panasonic are a part of the Tizen Association, which was established in 2012, as per the CNET report.

With Tizen OS, Samsung targets at powering its wide range of devices but in order to expand its user base and lure third party developers, the company needs more handsets running on the system, the Reuters report quoted analysts, as saying.

Tizen’s Journey till date

Samsung launched its first Tizen smartphone ‘Z1’ in India this year in January and since then the company has been selling the Z1 in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as per the Reuters report, which also mentioned that, as of now, one million units of Z1 has been sold in India. Reuters also quoted researcher Counterpoint, saying that the Z1 was the best selling smartphone in Bangladesh in January-March.

According to the CNET report, Tizen was developed to take on Android and iOS, however, a series of delays and setbacks pestered Samsung to offer Tizen in emerging markets where there is high demand for low end smartphones.

Tizen is important for Samsung to strengthen its mobile division. The company had to slash the number of handsets it would offer by a third in 2015 owing to dismal sales performance of Android based devices. Research firm Strategy Analytics revealed in April that Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones across the world during Q1 2015, earning 24 percent in the segment, as per the CNET report.

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