Samsung Electronics says to sell third Tizen OS smartphone in India

Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/Files

SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will start selling its third smartphone powered by the company's own Tizen mobile operating system in India next week. 

The Z2 phone, equipped with a 4in screen and India-specific features such as a safety mode for motorcyclists, will be the cheapest Tizen phone Samsung has launched to date at 4,590 rupees (RM275).