Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to launch a smartphone in Russia and
India in the "coming weeks" which will feature its custom built Tizen
operating system. The company is planning to hold an event in Moscow to unveil
the smartphone. It is being said that the event will be similar to the format
that Samsung uses to unveil its flagship devices.
The South Korean company is further planning to launch the Tizen-based
smartphone in India right after releasing it in Russia at the
"Unpacked" event. Samsung had earlier announced that it will be
launching its first Tizen-based smartphone towards the end of the second
quarter.
By announcing such a smartphone, Samsung will directly lock horns with
rivals like Apple and Google as it takes control of the software platform on
its smartphones. Samsung has been using Google's Android operating system on
its smartphone and this move will likely make it more independent when it comes
to designing its phones in terms of both the hardware as well as the software.
Despite being its own operating system, Samsung is still using elements from
Android which are being licensed to it by Google.
Having its own mobile operating system might also help Samsung push
software updates even faster as it is currently relying on Google for latest
updates. This will also help the company generate more revenue by sales of
software and services.
Tizen is an open-source mobile operating system as well.
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