The unlikely new Android underdog worth watching

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The official start of spring is right around the corner, folks — and here in Android Land, that can mean only one thing: We're officially in the thick of it.

Late February to early March is when most Android manufacturers start dusting off their superlative-generating garden gnomes and getting ready to launch their fanciest new flagships for the year. We saw the first signs of the season this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S9, Sony touted its alphabet-soup-inspired Xperia XZ2 ("What should we name this thing, Jim?" "Uh...I don't know — throw a few letters and numbers together, oughta be fine"), and LG showed off its even more absurdly named LG V30S ThinQ (pronounced "thwonk," I think).

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