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Samsung to launch a high-end Tizen smartphone in August or September

We know that Samsung is working on a Tizen-based smartphone (or more of them) but we thought such products are aiming for the low- to mid-end of the market with Android “taking care” of the high-end users’ needs. Apparently, that’s wrong assessment with Sammy’s executive VP of mobile Lee Young-hee saying that a high-end Tizen phone will be released in August or September. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said that the upcoming Tizen device will be one of “at least three” premium smartphones launched by Samsung this year — Read more

Fujitsu and NEC to launch Tizen phones next year

Samsung may be the first to launch a Tizen-based smartphone later this year, but it won’t be the only one with such a device, with Fujitsu and NEC working on their units which should hit the market at some point in 2014. It is likely that the two Japanese handset makers will initially unveil phones in their own backyard where customers will be able to grab them from NTT DoCoMo, one of the companies that have a seat at Tizen Association’s Board of Directors. Other companies with a representative on Read more

Docomo, Orange, Samsung all promise Tizen devices later this year

This could be a breakthrough year for Tizen as three giants — Docomo, Orange and Samsung — all committed to launch devices running this OS later this year. Two operators on the list announced plans to “commercialize Tizen devices in the second half of 2013,” with Samsung most likely making those handsets. The Korean electronics giant has been working with operators and content partners in launch territories, in order to offer “a combination of global and local content in each market.” Put into numbers, that’s some 250 partners which gathered Read more