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Tizen is more popular than Blackberry

by on05 November 2015


Sorry Blackberry fans another negative story

We are in a bind here, we get accused of bashing Blackberry and told that really it is the best thing in the world, while at the same time its slow slide into obscurity continues.

This week there is a new report from Strategy Analytics that Tizen has surpassed BlackBerry to become the fourth largest smartphone operating system during Q3 2015. Yeah that's right Tizen. Seen many Tizen phones? Well probably not in the West.

Samsung claims that Tizen is the 2nd largest smartphone operating system in India in the budget segment. With the Tizen Z3 arriving in 11 European countries this year, soon the popularity of this platform will see a surge.

The reason it is replacing Blackberry in the number three slot is exactly the reason why Blackberry is dying. Tizen has been under some active development.

Samsung is giving Tizen developers 100 percent of their app revenue, which encourages development on this platform. Various big-name apps are getting released on Tizen like the native Facebook app, VLC and MixRadio. Tizen is a secure, open-source operating system.

Developers can see the writing on the wall as far as Blackberry is concerned and the number of apps are surprisingly few. Blackberry seems to be set to abandon its own operating system and go for a more secure version of Android. As it does the Blackberry name will slid still further.

Last modified on 05 November 2015
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