Samsung to release its Tizen phone in 2014

A Samsung executive has warned the company’s first Tizen-powered smartphone won’t be released until 2014, putting the device’s debut several months behind the schedule indicated by Samsung earlier this year. Tizen is a new mobile operating system, jointly produced by Samsung and Intel, which is regarded by the pair as an alternative to Android.
The news of the delay comes from a report published by the Korea Herald, covering a local summit on Smart TVs, another market where Tizen will be used. Quoting the head of Samsung’s visual display division, it’s stated a Tizen TV won’t be out until after the OS makes its smartphone debut, which is now expected in 2014.
Samsung announced Tizen during Mobile World Congress in February, and promises were made the first device using the OS would come before the end of the year. It wasn’t only going to be on affordable hardware either, as these Tizen phones were said to have, “The best specifications,” conjuring up images of a Galaxy S-like Tizen phone.

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