Rumor has it that leaked photos of the new Samsung Z3 Tizen smartphone have made their way into the wild. Although not set for an official launch (in India) until the end of July, the leaked photos were posted online by the Korean website Tizen Cafe.
If the photos are the real deal, the Samsung Z3 will support two SIM cards and will have 5 inches of super AMOLED screen with HD 720x1280 pixel resolution.
Reports also suggest that the new phone may also feature 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage space, a quad-core 1.3 GHz Spreadtrum SC7730S processor, and a 2600 mAh battery.
For selfie and phone-camera enthusiasts, the handset may also have an 8 MP rear-facing camera and a 5 MP front-facing camera.
The Z3 has been pegged to be a great improvement over the Samsung Z1 which was launched back in January. The company only managed to sell 1 million units of the phone with critics saying Samsung's first Tizen powered phone was greeted with a mostly "frosty reception."
Mumbai-based filmmaker, Samir Ahmed Sheikh, who was reportedly shopping for a new phone for his wife, blamed the phones low resolution cameras and underwhelming features and programs for its poor performance saleswise.
"Samsung has been delaying the launch of this Tizen phone for a long time and when they finally did it, it turned out to be an under-powered phone. The 3.15 megapixel primary camera and 300,000 pixel front camera are like a phone from 2010. A simple comparison with any of the Android One phones will tell you how much the Z1 is missing," he said.
Allegedly, the new Z3 was product-tested in India and reports say that the company is banking on its success in the sub-continent as a barometer for its reception elsewhere. Only one in ten Indians use a smartphone and cheap under-$100 mobile phones dominate the market.
Latest events in India have led some reporters to believe that the launch of the Z3 could very well be announced during Samsung's Indian Tizen Developer Summit.
