SpecEagle review · Samsung

Samsung Z1 review: 2015 first Tizen phone.

Item: Samsung Z1
Rating: 50
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2015·$95

Overall

50/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung Z1.

Z1 was the first Tizen phone — Samsung's 2015 India entry running its in-house OS.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

TypeTFT

Size4.0"

Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

ChipsetSC7727S

RAM768 MB

Storage4 GB + microSD

03Camera

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

Main3.15 MP

FrontVGA

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

What works

First Tizen phone.
$95 emerging-market.
Removable battery.
112 g pocketable.

What doesn't

Tizen apps thin.
768 MB RAM.
4 GB storage.
3.15 MP cam.

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? .