Samsung’s Tizen smartphone hardware range just grew 100% as the company revealed the Samsung Z3, the second handset to run its own platform. Samsung has huge ambitions for the Tizen platform, but the Korean giant is taking baby steps and the Z3 follows nearly a year after the Z1 was first announced. However, it seems that the new Z3 is going to be an India exclusive, at least for the time being.

There are plenty of interesting things about the Tizen idea, bringing affordable smartphones with decent specs, the Samsung brand, and a platform the company has control over. We think the Z1 was a little overpriced, but the Z3 hits a more accurate sweet spot of $130; good considering its specs.

Arguably the most interesting thing about the new handset is its design. Samsung has clearly taken cues from its high end smartphones, most notably the Galaxy Note 5. No, the Z3 is not clad in metal or leather, but it looks like it is and has the same easy on the eye aesthetic Samsung has been pushing out of late.

In terms of specs, there is a 5-inch Super AMOLED screen with 720p HD resolution, a quad-core Spreadtrum processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of native storage, a micro SD card slot, 8 megapixel rear camera, and a 5 megapixel front facing shooter. There is also a 2600mAh battery which should keep the lights on a long time considering the modest specs on board. Elsewhere there is Tizen 2.3 serving software duties, while the Z3 is a dual-sim compatible smartphone that only comes with 3G connectivity, so no LTE here.