Launch delays

Higher than expected demand pushes Sony Xperia Z2 launch into May

Sony Xperia Z2

When Sony Mobile unveiled the Xperia Z2 smartphone at Mobile World Congress in late February, it indicated that a global rollout would begin in March. While North American launch details have yet to be revealed, Sony’s latest flagship smartphone had been expected to launch in Europe and the UK in mid-April. Sony has now delayed the Xperia Z2 launch to […]

Pressy “Almighty Android Button” postpones delivery date to mid-April

Pressy button

While Pressy, a programmable multi-function button that fits in the audio jack of an Android smartphone, has made great progress since launching as a Kickstarter project in August 2013, the latest update brought a bit of bad news with it. With production ramping up, production quality has proven to be a challenge with quality assurance running across “too many faulty […]

Samsung Tizen smartphone launch pushed out to 2014

Tizen

Despite a promise earlier this year to launch “new, competitive Tizen devices” in 2013, all the signs (let alone the calendar) now point that such a launch will not happen until 2014. According to Japan’s RBMen, Samsung officials apparently told unnamed Korean media that the launch of the first Tizen smartphone had been pushed out to the first half of […]

NVIDIA SHIELD launch delayed over “mechanical issue”

NVIDIA SHIELD

NVIDIA yesterday announced that it was delaying the launch of its Android-powered SHIELD portable gaming console because of a “mechanical issue” with a third-party component. The company provided the following statement: During our final QA process, we discovered a mechanical issue that relates to a 3rd party component. We want every SHIELD to be perfect, so we have elected to […]

Samsung 1080p display production issues to delay Galaxy S IV launch?

The launch of the rumoured Samsung Galaxy S IV may not happen as quickly as we all want. Rumours last week suggested that it could launch as early as Q2 2013 but warned that Samsung was facing production challenges. A report today also suggests that Samsung Display is having a hard time ramping up mass production of the display intended […]

Microsoft delays some Surface tablet pre-order shipments by a week (Updated)

The launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet appears to have hit a bit of turbulence. A number of customers in Canada and the UK who pre-ordered the tablet through the Microsoft Store as early as the first day have received emails indicating that their shipments will be delayed by a week: The release date for the preorder product has changed. […]