SpecEagle review · Samsung
Samsung Z1 review: 2015 first Tizen phone.
SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2015·$95
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#22 of 46
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
60/10060/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.
TypeTFT
Size4.0"
Resolution800 x 480
02Performance
44/10044/100 trails the 49-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.
ChipsetSC7727S
RAM768 MB
Storage4 GB + microSD
03Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.
Main3.15 MP
FrontVGA
04Battery
70/10070/100 puts it above the 67-point average for budget phones of 2015.
Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)
05Software
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort 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.
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100
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 46-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .