Samsung Z1: Finally a Non "Galaxy" Phone For Rs.5700, Which has Worst Specs

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Samsung has launched Samsung Z1 (Z130H), the company’s first budget Tizen OS smartphone in India, as expected. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Tizen OS 2.3. It has a 3.1-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity.

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Samsung Z1 specifications

  • 4-inch WVGA (800×480) PLS display
  • 1.2 GHz dual-core Spreadtrum SC7727S processor with Mali 400 GPU
  • 768MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
  • Tizen OS 2.3
  • Dual SIM
  • Dimensions: 120.4×63.2×9.7mm; Weight: 112 g
  • 3.1MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • VGA front-facing camera
  • 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, A-GPS
  • 1500mAh battery

Good Luck Selling Even 100 Pieces in India. ​
 
This device is decent as a developer tool - it runs linux with a flavor of x11 with EFL libraries. Any linux application simply needs a recompile for armv7 and will run on this.

May not be the best idea for end users though as i'm sure native app support will be limited but as a hacker tool, I'd like to have one. Also it runs android apps by sideloading.
 
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pauldmps said:
They will. There are plenty of people (mostly uncle types) still buying Samsung.
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Is that because Samsung is a Big Brand, which boasts a large no of service centers? I knew uncles who bought galaxy devices which they could get it for EMI, Even my dad too.

pauldmps said:
What the hell is Spreadtrum SOC?
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Core 2 launched few months back had the same SOC, Even i have no clue.
 
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Is that because Samsung is a Big Brand, which boasts a large no of service centers? I knew uncles who bought galaxy devices which they could get it for EMI, Even my dad too.
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They are the same guys who swore by Nokia when it was a sinking ship.
 

Seems impressively smooth. The fact that there is no java layer and apps are compiled seems to be helping the device.
 
pauldmps said:
What the hell is Spreadtrum SOC?
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Chinese, closed source, whatever OS it arrives with is the only one you will get.

A while back the idea was the low end was going to get better and the midrange would suffer. In hindsight this was wrong. companies will rather sacrifice the low end to protect the midrange.

grand prime vs grand 2
core 2 vs original core

htc's & nokia efforts have a similar trend as well.

pauldmps said:
They will. There are plenty of people (mostly uncle types) still buying Samsung.
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How will they do against indian rebrands :)
 
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