Samsung rumored to be working on Tizen-based Z2 and global Tizen smartphone

Samsung released its first Tizen-powered smartphone, the Z1 in January this year. India was the first market globally where the Samsung Z1. The Z1 recorded "higher-than-expected sales volume" and over 100,000 handsets were sold in the country since its launch on January 14. Later it was released in Bangladesh and Malaysia.

Now, Samsung is said to be working on the successor to its Tizen-powered smartphone Z1. The company is developing two variants, one of them the Samsung Z2 and the other an unnamed Tizen-based smartphone for global market. Possible specs of both the handset and alleged image of Samsung Z2 has surfaced online.

As per the images, the Samsung Z2 offers a design similar to Samsung's Galaxy line with the trademark home button below the screen. The handset resembles Galaxy S3 Mini and seems to have a plastic frame with Chrome-finished edges.

As far as the specs are concerned, the Samsung Z2 is rumored to feature a quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, TFT display with 540x960 pixels screen resolution, 2000mAh battery and Tizen 3.0 UI. 

The new Tizen 3.0 UI is said to come with Samsung SUHD TV UI based on Tizen and is said to have greater flexibility for various platforms such as C++, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery mobile and EPL.

The unnamed global Tizen smartphone is said to be a mid-range smartphone and comes with decent specs. It features 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720) Super AMOLED S-Stripe RGB display, 2GB RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera and 2600mAh battery.

The Samsung Z2 is rumored to be announced sometime in first half of 2015. The unnamed global Tizen smartphone is expected to hit multiple markets across the world, such as China, the US, Europe, South Korea, Russia, India, Malaysia, South Asia and France. No time-frame was revealed.

Source : Tizen Experts