After a chain of rumours along with the increasing following of Samsung, the company released its all new fresh Tizen handset in India, named Z1. The era has been set such that the talk of the town is now the OS this handset has rather than the specs and design! The long time partners Google and Samsung are not going to walk along with this step undertaken by Samsung.
After
a hard fight with Symbian, Google emerged as the world power. The advent of
Tizen along with the OSs like Ubuntu, Firefox etc come for sharing the Android Market. At this point of time, one cannot firmly say about Tizen and Android-
Whether Tizen will give Android a tough fight or whether Android can possibly
kill the other one. Well that’s for you to decide this upcoming. Let us have a
look on both the Android and Tizen, on paper atleast.
Linux
is an open source programming OS. Tizen is based upon it. You can actually
tinker with your device (device’s software). This facility has also been
provided earlier by the feature named TouchWiz to tinker Android in Samsung
Phones. The source code is provided on the basis of Webkit and Linux kernel
runtime. The Limo project (of Intel) and Meego (which was abandoned by Nokia) are
set to merge for the project Tizen. Whereas some believe that Tizen is nothing
but Meego reframed.
Multi Platform:
Android
is heavier than Tizen; yeah you can actually feel that Tizen is lighter than
Android OS. The low end phones can also enjoy Tizen-the reason of Android being
ditched. Till date, in countries like India, Nokia is still established because
of its good low end phones. Samsung is trying to woo this market of lower
middle class people. A separate OS, Android Wear was crafted for wearables by
Google. This was the result of Tizen being introduced. TVs and other wearables
of Samsung are being deployed with Tizen. But hell yeah! With the launching of
Lollipop, Google is also trying to get into other platforms via Android.
User Interface:
In
order to avoid the condition for the customers to see something drastically
new, Tizen is not being launched with something new that Samsung wasn’t
offering. One will get the same feeling
of the looks and the other features as if nothing has changed in Samsung. It is
believed that Tizen shall be used only in low end phones and not in the high
range phones of Samsung i.e. the premium lines of phones. But one shall not see
the OS on which the device is running but the camera and other features(like apps) shall be of greater importance, in the low end phones.
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Although the representation is such that these
two OSs are very much different but the fact is that Tizen looks a lot like
Android. The feature of Samsung, TouchWiz User Interface is almost similar to
Tizen. There is a notification tray like that of the Android. The App Launcher
is kinda different from that of the Android as you have to slide your cursor
upside. There are 4X3 launcher screens in Z1 along with eight or around app
shortcuts (which are fixed). This is a great feature indeed; as it allows you the
assigning of up to eight shortcuts on your lock screen. The latest update of
Android OS has been the reason of improvement in notifications. The responding
to the messages can be done directly from the lock screen, or you can even hide
some notifications; (notifications from your girlfriend). There is a mode
called “Priority Mode” which when turned on will allow only specific people
from getting the notifications. These specific people are formed by the owner’s
choice. There is motto of Android, “Consistent Design” which enables all the
devices to use the Material Design. Now what is Material Design: with this
feature, you can shrink/expand the elements dynamically. By this feature only,
theres more white space in between the elements implying a 3D appearance as
well!
If the case of phones is considered, then one will definitely vote for
Android Lollipop over Tizen. Features like burst mode are easier to operate on
in Android L. With the frequency of 30fps, one can capture maximum resolution
frames. Not only this much, one can even shoot with the above parameters in raw
formats (YUV, etc). Suppose you are far from any power outlet, the
most important thing for you would be your cell’s battery. It can be extended
upto 90 minutes with the Battery Saver feature turned on. It can extend your
battery time upto an hour or two!
Apps:
OS means nothing but a complete ecosystem for any individual. Ecosystem
consists of a pile of Apps. Most of the regions didn’t see the launching of
Tizen because it lacked behind Android in terms of Apps. It is due to this
reason only that the company has started making apps for Tizen; just like Nokia
used to do for Symbian.
Final Conclusion:
Since so many years, Google has been honored because of the Android OS.
The latest Android i.e. Lollipop has so many new features like refined camera
options and so on. Tizen is a beginner. It is lack of refined features and
mediocre store for apps. It would be a folly to comment on the competition
level between the two but one must admit that Tizen has a long way to go, for
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