The new Apple Watch Series 3 can double as its very own wrist phone, complete with LTE cellular data, for just $70, £70 or AU$100 more upfront. Apps, maps, streaming music and the ability to take calls from your own cell number, all without carrying your phone. But you won’t just be paying for that …

Just drop it on the charger, no need for a plug. That’s how inductive wireless charging works — and it’s becoming a standard feature on the new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. You should be able to use practically any Qi wireless charger to top them up. But not all wireless charging is created equal, and it …

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Apple invited CNET (and a lot of other journalists) to its new spaceship campus for the very first time. It unveiled a host of hot new products and features, including three new iPhones. And here, in this post, we’re compiling the biggest moments from Apple’s huge event in video form. You can watch exactly what you’d …

It’s the biggest leak since Apple left an iPhone in a bar. Heck, it might be even bigger. This weekend, journalists and developers got their hands on a leaked version of Apple’s latest iOS 11 operating system… and found it chock full of details about Apple’s next iPhone, Apple Watch and even a new Apple TV.  Combined with the huge …

Now playing: Watch this: We destroyed the Essential Phone 4:36 When we drop-tested the Samsung Galaxy S8, it wound up with a cracked glass back. When we drop-tested the Moto Z2 Force, the “shatterproof” screen survived — but its shiny aluminum edges got all chewed up. Essential performed its own drop tests and claims the phone survived without blemish. That …

Did you just buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 8? Are you or is one of your friends or family planning to? Here’s an idea: Maybe don’t rely on facial recognition to secure your phone. Because as this hilarious video shows, it’s painfully easy to fool: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Facial Recognition Test: pic.twitter.com/dVooMPMgfh — Mel Tajon (@MelTajon) September 2, 2017 …

Essential, a tiny 100-person smartphone company from the man behind Android, just screwed up in a particularly embarassing way.  Last night, it accidentally shared personally identifying information — including driver’s licenses — of some customers with others, seemingly as part of an attempt to verify some would-be phone buyers’ identities ahead of shipment.  At first, some customers (at the XDA-developers …

Google pledged last November that Tango, its 3D-sensing camera technology that can measure objects just by looking at them, would be the hottest thing since GPS. Nikhil Chandhok, Tango’s director of product, insisted it wasn’t just an experiment. “Many, many phone manufacturers” would build Tango phones in 2017, he said. Well, guess what? Turns out it was an experiment, one …

We just saw the first fruits of Apple‘s labors to turn your phone into a window to other worlds. The Walking Dead is coming to the App Store as an ARKit game, where you’ll fight zombie and human alike alongside AI versions of Michonne, Rick and even Negan. No release date yet. Next Games In the corner of a real …

Last October, Sony’s $500 PlayStation VR seemed like the affordable choice in VR headgear — at least compared to the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which ran $600 and $800 at that time, respectively .  Now, Sony’s issuing a price cut, presumably so the PSVR can stay alive. Facebook (which owns Oculus Rift) and HTC have both drastically cut the prices …