A month and a half ago, Samsung announced its first commercial Tizen smartphone, the Samsung Z. The hardware seemed pretty capable, with a 4.8-inch 720p display and even the heart rate monitor from the Galaxy S5, but it didn't take long before we started developing some concerns about the phone's arrival, especially as Samsung withdrew the phone's announcement from a planned event at a Russian Tizen dev conference, citing a need to beef-up its app portfolio. The manufacturer said the phone would be appearing “later,” and we were still in the promised Q3 availability window, but after ...

After several delays, Samsung has finally followed through on its promises. Last July, we were eagerly awaiting the launch of the first Tizen smartphone, but word emerged that Samsung would be facing some delays. The rumor claimed Samsung would have to push back the launch about two months. Come November, we heard again that Tizen hardware would be delayed, that we wouldn't see any consumer-focused devices until 2014. Fast forward to January and we still hadn't see the first Tizen devices. Samsung's plan was to launch the first Tizen handsets in the first half of the year. Clearly, that ...

Last week, we saw Samsung confirm its plans to introduce a handset employing its long-in-development curved display technology – the same glassless OLED construction that will someday lead to flexible phones. This is big news on its own, but Samsung hasn't been the only company pursuing such components – more than once, we've heard of LG's own efforts. Now it looks like they're in a race to see who can be first to market with one of these curved phones, as word arrives of the LG Z, featuring its own arced display. This could very well be the start of a new family from LG, with future ...