Samsung Z1: Tizen Powered Smartphone

South Korea's giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch a new sub roughly Rs. 6,200

smartphone run on its own Tizen operating system in India later on this month, South Korea's

Maeil Trade Newspaper said on Monday.

The paper, a Trade daily, said Samsung will possess a press conference on December 10 to

commence its first Tizen smartphone, to be calling the Z1. A Samsung Electronics spokeswoman

would not say anything.

Rumors have been twisting and flowing for months that Samsung, the world's largest 

smartphone maker, could announce a low-end Tizen OS-based smartphone in India this 

December. Just before its release the gossip makers and sellers seem be very busy leaking 

information whose truthfulness is still to be confirmed. 

Samsung had at first planned to launch a Tizen smartphone in Russia in the third quarter but 

scrapped the plan. The firm said at the time that it wanted to further improve the community 

behind Tizen. Only a handful of devices, including the firm's smartwatch products, now run on 

the platform. 

The rumor-makers also talk about to say Samsung's Z1, known to be the cheapest Tizen-

powered smartphone, will feature a 4-inch WVGA display, 1.2GHz dual-core Spreadtrum 

SC7727S processor, Mali-400 GPU, 512MB RAM, a 3.2-megapixel first or most important 

camera with LED flash, and a VGA front-facing camera, dual-SIM card slots, 3G/2G GSM 

connectivity, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0, and FM Radio. Well, don't expect brilliant specs from 

the Samsung Z1. Just like the Android One range of phones, it looks like this could be another 

mid-range device, offering average specifications 

Most Samsung's mobile devices are based on Google's Android platform. The South Korean 

firm's push to develop its own operating system is part of efforts to reduce dependence on the 

U.S. firm, but delays in product launches have weaken offered and lower prices than.