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Last updated: August 12th, 2013 at 10:26 UTC+02:00
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According to industry sources:
Samsung Electronics reportedly has slowed down the development of its Tizen operating system, which it co-developed with Intel – a move which could dash hopes of other Android smartphone vendors expecting to grab market share from the Korea-based vendor once it began shifting to Tizen.
This isn't surprising – Android currently runs on almost 80% of all mobile devices, and Samsung has the largest cut of that market share. Once Tizen devices launch, some resources will no doubt be shifted to focus on the new OS if Samsung wants it to succeed and become a viable choice in the smartphone wars, which would give a chance to competitors like HTC, Motorola, LG, Huawei and the like to make a push for better sales and presence of their own devices.
It might also be a reason why the first Tizen smartphone was delayed to a launch for the fourth quarter of 2013. Samsung surely isn't going to switch to Tizen like people believe, and while they'll market Tizen with the same glitz and glamour they've marketed Android with, it looks like they will take their own time in getting Tizen to market at a time when they're enjoying so much success riding on Google's free and open source OS.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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