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Samsung Abandons Android in Its Low-End Smartphones for Tizen
- DigitalSea 12y agoI think the issue here is that Tizen can most likely only ever succeed on low-end smartphones, not high-end ones. The reason for this is simple. If people are dropping $700+ outright for a high-end phone, they want to know that not only will it come with support but also a wide selection of apps that rivals those of what their iPhone loving friends have in the appstore. High-end phones come with expectations of the buyer, low-end phones because they are cheap, have little expectations from consumers as they know they are spending very little. The issue with a new operating system like Tizen is that it is yet another platform to develop for and as Microsoft have proven, it is no easy feat to release a new operating system and get people to build apps for it. Unless the tide dramatically changes, Tizen will not get very far. They can perhaps dominant the low-end market, but even Android is doing a good job with that without Samsung's help.