Every smartphone manufacturer has to keep an eye on the competition. They all partake in a careful dance to find a clear spot on the calendar to launch their own products. They may prefer to bring their innovations to market before a larger manufacturer, define a new technology, or be ready at the right time to capture the public mood.There is one fixed point that everyone else pivots around: Apple’s traditional September iPhone launch. Everyone knows it's coming, and everyone works to either get ahead of it or be positioned to counter the elephant in the connected room. Google and…