Originally Posted by enapace:
“The reason I mentioned Tizen is because that was all about Samsung trying to get away from Google and have there own source code. We have been hearing about it for years now and there has been very little news at all of any sustenance. Even Mozilla OS has been on more devices then Tizen has been on.
Samsung clearly have realised they would have a hard sell moving from android to a new OS in terms of consumers. Maybe I'm wrong but with how the market is at the moment I think any company who releases a new OS for mobiles is going struggle.”
“The reason I mentioned Tizen is because that was all about Samsung trying to get away from Google and have there own source code. We have been hearing about it for years now and there has been very little news at all of any sustenance. Even Mozilla OS has been on more devices then Tizen has been on.
Samsung clearly have realised they would have a hard sell moving from android to a new OS in terms of consumers. Maybe I'm wrong but with how the market is at the moment I think any company who releases a new OS for mobiles is going struggle.”
Android filled the vacuum of a mobile OS that could run on multiple devices that was required to be the competitor of iOS. It's established now so there is no need in the market for any other platforms. There are obvious advantages to controlling both the software and hardware but Samsung are possibly just too deep into the Android eco system now to get Tizen off the ground.
If someone came up with their own OS and phone there just wouldn't be the support for it. Even Microsoft with have failed miserably.



