Samsung will leave Android this year

For some, this may sound unbelievable, but Samsung really plans to abandon Google’s mobile OS. The company plans to release the first smartphone based on the new operating system by the end of this year.

In an interview with AllThingsD this week, Samsung CEO David Eun talked about how his company plans to break into the mobile OS market and play big. And although you should not wait for the phone to exit until the Christmas holidays, analysts suggest that the new product will be presented this month, during the Mobile World Congress.

Now, actually, about the OS

The phone will be running Tizen, an operating system developed by Intel and Samsung. At the heart of Tizen is the Webkit engine and the Linux kernel. On a habr, by the way, there were already articles about this system. One , two .

What made the giant Samsung start looking for an opportunity to leave Google? Well of course the money! Currently, Samsung simply makes a profit from smartphone sales, while Google continues to receive user money through Google Play for a long time, and at the same time expand its sphere of influence on the mobile market. Not surprisingly, the Koreans swung on Android. Together with the OS, its own application store will arrive in time.

The remainder of the users is waiting for another operating system, with its own features, bugs, features, bells and whistles and applications. Problems with migration, development and other satellites.

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