India: Samsung Tizen Z3 smartphone unveiled. Specifications.

 South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest Tizen-powered smartphone       Wednesday as part of efforts to boost sales in India and its neighboring countries.

The Samsung Z3, an upgrade from the Samsung Z1 released earlier this year, runs on the Tizen platform developed by Samsung, which is based on Google Inc.'s Android platform.

Samsung said shipments of the Samsung Z1, which went on sale in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in January, reached 1 million units as of end-June.

The latest Tizen smartphone comes with a price tag of 8,490 Indian rupees (US$130.43). The official sales will start on Oct. 21 in India.

With a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, the smartphone comes with improved camera features, with an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 5-megapixel camera on the front for selfies.

The device will also come with the "My Galaxy" application, which will provide various local information about movies, fashion, and travel.

With a 2,600 mAh battery, the device also boasts an "Ultra Power Saving Mode," which allows the smartphone to operate up to 33 hours using only 10 percent of the battery power.

Samsung said the release comes in line with expanding what it calls the ecosystem of Tizen. It latest Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch also runs on the platform.

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, October
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2015, October 21

BODY	Dimensions	141.6 x 70 x 7.9 mm (5.57 x 2.76 x 0.31 in)
	Weight	137 g (4.83 oz)
	SIM	Dual SIM

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.0 inches (~69.5% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes

PLATFORM	OS	Tizen OS, v2.3
	Chipset	Spreadtrum
	CPU	Quad-core 1.3 GHz

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	8 GB, 1 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes
	Secondary	5 MP

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	v4.0, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	Radio	FM radio
	USB	microUSB v2.0

FEATURES	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Java	No
		- MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/AAC/Flac player - Photo viewer - Document viewer

BATTERY		Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time

MISC	Colors	Black, Silver, Gold
	Price group	3/10

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