{"id":13291,"date":"2014-06-02T18:41:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T10:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=13291"},"modified":"2014-06-03T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T10:52:18","slug":"samsung-set-to-sell-first-tizen-phone-in-3q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/02\/samsung-set-to-sell-first-tizen-phone-in-3q\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung set to sell first Tizen phone in 3Q"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mobile World Congress 2014. Samsung Galaxy S5 and samsung Gear 2 at Samsung Stand of the Mobile World Congress 2014. Ivan Garcia \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will begin selling a smartphone that runs on its Tizen operating system in the third quarter of this year, advancing the company’s plans to reduce dependence on Google’s Android software.<\/p>\n

Samsung, the world’s top smartphone maker by sales volume, said in a statement that the smartphone called Samsung Z will go on sale in Russia first. It said there are plans to sell the phone in other countries but didn’t name them.<\/p>\n

Tizen is already used in a few Samsung products including a smartwatch but has not been deployed in a mass produced smartphone until now.<\/p>\n

Unlike Apple Inc. with its own operating system, Samsung’s popular Galaxy smartphones and tablets use Google’s open source Android platform, a reliance that prevents Samsung from challenging the dominance of Apple’s App Store and Google Play in the lucrative market for smartphone apps.<\/p>\n

The Tizen phone will have preinstalled apps and users will have access to additional apps through Tizen Store.<\/p>\n

Samsung has been encouraging the development of Tizen apps but the numbers available are likely to be small in comparison to the App Store and Google Play.<\/p>\n

The South Korean company said the Tizen smartphone has a 4.8-inch high definition display, a fingerprint sensor for security and a “slim, angular” design.<\/p>\n

It said the operating system will allow users to browse the Internet faster and utilize applications more effectively.<\/p>\n

Superficially, users may not perceive much difference from the Android operating system because it and Tizen share Linux as the underlying framework.<\/p>\n

The Samsung Z will be shown at a Tizen developer conference in San Francisco this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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