Samsung has already delayed the launch of its smartphone with Tizen on numerous occasions, so many that it was even raised that they could have abandoned the project. It all started in 2012, but it was postponed to 2013 and the year has just ended with no trace of any terminal with the new operating system. Supposedly it would have been the CEO of Samsung himself who made the decision to postpone the launch, with the intention of significantly improving the system. The latest rumor comes from Japan, where they ensure that Samsung will announce the first smartphone with Tizen before the Mobile World Congress that takes place at the end of February, all so that the terminalhit stores throughout the month of March.
As published in PhoneArena, several Asian operators would be interested in betting on Tizen in an attempt to bring a third mobile platform into play and compete against the dominance of iOS and Android, which occupy 90% of the global smartphone market. Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo may be planning to launch its own smartphones with this platform by the end of the year. The Tizen launch would be supported by a fairly solid group of companies, which includes Huawei, Fujitsu, Vodafone, Orange, Intel, and of course Samsung.
Samsung could be speeding things up to launch the first fruit of the Tizen development, which has long been resisting. During the announcement that would take place in February, Samsung would also present the new Tizen application store that would be ready for the arrival in stores of the first model with this mobile system.
The rumor that Samsung could abandon Android in the future continues to fly over everything related to Tizen, although it seems highly unlikely. The Korean company has managed to position itself as the world's leading smartphone manufacturer with its Galaxy series and abandoning Android could jeopardize its reign. Over the last few months we have seen how they have changed their strategy with respect to Tizen, trying to focus it more on the creation of a globalized ecosystem that is present in many more products in addition to smartphones. There is already a camera with a version of Tizen and there is also talk of refrigerators, televisions and even carswith this system . Android is a very tough opponent to beat and it will take Tizen a long time to be able to stand up to the green robot.
However the latest leaked images show a platform with a very finished appearance of design polished and with an interesting structure. If they do things right they could offer a solid alternative and we may, in time, be talking about a war between Tizen and Android.
