SpecEagle review · Samsung

Samsung Z2 review: 2016 Tizen entry.

Item: Samsung Z2
Rating: 48
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2016·$90

Overall

48/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung Z2.

Z2 refreshed Samsung's Tizen line in 2016 — sub-$100 4G LTE for India.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

TypeTFT

Size4.0"

Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

ChipsetSC9830

RAM1 GB

Storage8 GB + microSD

03Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

Main5 MP

FrontVGA

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)

05Software

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

What works

Sub-$100 Tizen 4G.
Removable battery.
1 GB RAM.
5 MP cam.

What doesn't

SC9830 weak.
Tizen app ecosystem thin.
WVGA only.
8 GB storage.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .