Samsung may abandon Android in 2013

Samsung has officially announced its intention to start selling smartphone operating system Tizen, developed jointly with Intel. The first devices based on the new OS will be released in 2013, the performance and cost of devices to be announced.

Observers believe that Samsung opted for Tizen in the effort to reduce its growing dependence on the successful operating system Android, especially in light absorption Google mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion last spring.

Tizen is the operating system open source on the kernel Linux. It is designed for smartphones, tablets, laptops, televisions, navigation devices and other electronics. Development of the OS are Samsung and Intel with support from the Linux Foundation.

Samsung aims to facilitate its growing dependence on Google for fear of weakening its leadership position in the smartphone market. Analysts believe that in the future the Korean company can completely eliminate the use of Android, with the result that Google will lose its largest partner in the mobile market.

It is known that devices based Tizen Samsung product line will replace the inexpensive communicator platform bada. The intention to combine the two projects - Tizen and bada - the company announced in January last year.

The first photo is Samsung Galaxy S IV appeared on the web, smartphone release in May

Edition Sammobile announced insider photo that allegedly shows a new phone Galaxy S IV . According to the source, this image - a picture from the screen, Which opened an official press photos of the new gadget. Of course, guarantee the authenticity images no one can.

Analysts noted that there remain some doubts about some of the fine details, and the fact that the smartphone in the picture there is no physical button "Home", which was previously on all devices lines Galaxy. In this regard, expressed and the assumption that the picture can be depicted device first Korean company running Tizen .

However, the huge display, thin frame around the edges, as well as design, similar to the latest smartphone Samsung (Galaxy S III and Galaxy Premier), can talk about the authenticity of the picture.

Earlier it was reported that the main distinguishing feature of the new flagship Android-be built stylus Pen S. 5-inch screen Galaxy S IV will be a kind of compromise between the Galaxy S with a diagonal of 4.8 inches and the Galaxy Note II with 5.44 inch display. Its resolution is 1080p. Also, according to rumors, the main competitor of iPhone 5 will be based on the processor Exynos 5440 quad-core Cortex-A15, created on 28-nm process technologies, and can be running latest version of Android Jelly Bean.

The device, as it became known this week, will be released this spring. In response to a question from the representative of the Lebanese Facebook users of Samsung said the new flagship of the company, the smartphone Galaxy S IV, will not until May 2013. Last year, the Galaxy S III was also introduced in May.