Apparently Samsung is moving away from Android and the S4 may be the first phone to say goodbye to Android.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone to Run Tizen OS?
Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone to Run Tizen OS?
I doubt they will do something that drastic this year, but they are moving away from Android since Google acquired Motorola.
Believe it or not many people buy Android Phones because they are Android. Samsung wouldnt do it this early. In fact, i dont see this happening until Tizen has a comparable app market.
Tizen can run Android apps with OpenMobile's ACL.
Surely the longer they delay tizen the more chance it will flop when it does appear.. Google is big and will continue to grow
If you want to run Android apps, why would you use a non-Android phone running some compatibility software on top of it?
The point is, if Tizen runs Android apps who's gonna know the difference?!? The people on Android forums might but that is tiny percent. The majority of Galaxy customers go into the store, tell the sales guy they want that "New Galaxy S4". The store switches them over and they give no more thought about it.
At most the typical customer might ask, "Is this an Android phone?" and the response will be, "Yeah, it runs Android apps." and that will be it.
The point is, if Tizen runs Android apps who's gonna know the difference?!? The people on Android forums might but that is tiny percent. The majority of Galaxy customers go into the store, tell the sales guy they want that "New Galaxy S4". The store switches them over and they give no more thought about it.
At most the typical customer might ask, "Is this an Android phone?" and the response will be, "Yeah, it runs Android apps." and that will be it.