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A new smartphone maker called YU Digital officially launched its brand new device last week for the Indian market running the Cyanogen OS 11, similarly to the OnePlus One. However, news quickly turned away from the device when Cyanogen CEO, Kirt McMaster, fired a couple of shots at Samsung, going as far as to say “Samsung couldn't build a good OS if they tried”.
The Cyanogen CEO seems to be very confident in his company's version of Android, noting that it has always been about “super optimizing Android and taking it to a new level”. Cyanogen also has big aspirations for the future, with the CEO saying that “We believe that… there’s an opportunity to be the first or second dominant version of Android on the planet.”
The Yukera smartphone is the latest to come to market running the Cyanogen OS. It isn't quite as powerful as the OnePlus One, featuring a 5.5 Inch 720p display, a 64-bit Snapdragon 615 SoC, 2GB of RAM, a 13 megapixel camera and a 2500 mAh battery.
The device launched in India, which is currently the fastest growing smartphone market in the world right now. The device is being sold via Amazon India for 8999 rupees, which works out as around £90/$140.
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KitGuru Says: Samsung does tend to lack in the software department, Tizen has so far failed to take off and Touch Wiz is largely considered to be the worst Android skin on the market at present. Do you guys think Samsung could make a decent OS of its own?
But do the OS support accessibility? Like, for example – is TalkBack fully functional?
Funny coming from the company that hasn’t actually released an OS yet. Still, I wish them all the best. Getting bored of whats out there.
Yeah and Samsung has released one. No way Samsungs os is just a themed google android os .Samsung didn’t even build there own, they just customized Google’s android os.
I suggest you research what Touchwiz and Tizen actually are. I haven’t used Tizen myself, but I’m pretty sure they are both OS’es made to run on Android. There’s a difference between an OS mod, and an OS.
Cyanogen cant even be trusted they even break their deal with oneplus for some money from India…
Wait, wait, I thought Cyanogen screwed over One Plus in India for MicroMax. Who the hell are these Yu guys selling CyangoenMod 11S? Are MicroMax going to sue them too?
And, who the fuck is this CEO guy? Where’s Steve Klondik?
TouchWiz is front end touch interface. It is not an OS. Now Tizen is an OS however and is actually based on a Linux kernel. You can’t have an OS run on another OS like your implying.
Tizen OS run’s separately from Android I.e. is not a part of any Android is any shape or form. It is targeted as a replacement to Java in a wide range of consumer goods such as Blu-ray players, Smart-watches, TV’s, PC’s and other Home appliances. Naturally it also includes Mobile Phones( Cell Phones for you American cousins) and Tablets.
TouchWiz is a front end that is simply used in place of the standard one used by Android. It’s not an OS in any form but does interface with the Android OS to do it’s job. It’s arguably one of the worst of the 3rd party interface’s from the big manufacturers.
Meh.. You’re right about that OS stuff. Its early for me
I’m curious to see your reasoning for the Touchwiz hate. I normally root out of it anyway, but I’m actually currently using it. For me, it works as intended, and after disabling the useless 3rd party apps, my note 4 barely uses 1.5GB of Ram in standby. That’s including all the other stuff I have running passively.
Just curious. Not many people answer the question any deeper than “blah blah samsung sucks”.
I’m big fan of Samsung so you won’t get hate from me on it at least. I actually own the current S5 also along side a Tab 3 both with TouchWiz.
The issue’s I find with it are slow performance it give’s. Samsung still have not managed to optimize the system as well as they have should have by now. When comparing it against similar spec’d rival phones and tablets, the majority of the time Samsung’s TouchWiz is a let down due to it being a bit of a performance hog. It also like’s to freeze up quite a bit when moving app’s around on it’s home pages and the folder structure is a pain to rename should you get it wrong the first time.
The main issue is it is too different to the base UI from Android which is a strong selling point, it can be too cluttered, not as many changes can be made to it, at least until, if the rumors are correct, the Theme system is added alongside A5.0 for S5 by Samsung.
All in all, compared to other UI’s out there, TouchWiz does a poor job and many people believe it need’s a ground up rework or to be dropped entirely. I tend to agree with that sentiment. Again though, still love my S5 even with it!
too early to get drunk bro…
What? Of course Samsung can’t build OS, even Cyanogen can’t. All they are doing is ripping off Android and change it’s look + add a few more feature and that’s it. That is not called building OS, if it is, I build my own OS with my Windows 7 because I installed a lot of program into it.
People and their bullshit
I use the Tab 3 and I can’t stand TouchWiz. Even after rooting and putting on pimpdroid, it’s still not much better. I have an HTC phone (not rooted, due to some issues…) and I have to compare it to the Sense UI all the time, and, in comparison, TouchWiz is simply ugly. I don’t mind the poor speed, I don’t use my tablet for much more than reading or hearthstone, but if I ever have to try to navigate through the menus, I find it to be a rather annoying process.
gotta say cyanogen isnt a OS but i have had a s4 ,tab 4, and currently a note 3………and when you load up cyanogenmod vs touchwiz you will see the dif its huge especially on battery life….there is a reason i can watch 2 hrs of 1080p video on full brightness with viper audio mod and it only take 10% battery…..just saying love samsungs hardware …….but the software needs a bit of work
I agree but he should have not said it, cuz cyanogen is not perfect.
That said i agree because they have been trying and no one is ever like “i have tried cyanogen and i much prefer the ponds that samsung has”
Samsung simply locks the unknowing user into using their OS