Steve Jobs’ “reality distortion field” helped propel an empire, but it couldn’t keep a leather wristwatch band from showing some serious wear. Even in “heavily worn condition,” however, the Seiko wristwatch that Jobs wore in a 1984 photo shoot with the original Macintosh still fetched $42,500 (about £29,800, AU$59,440) in an online auction Saturday. The …

In a VR-fuelled press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that even included a surprised visit from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Samsung finally showed off its new phones (to someone other than a llama). There were no real surprises in terms of hardware. There’s a 5.1-inch S7 and a 5.5-inch S7 Edge, both of which have Quad HD Super …

A gleaming black-and-white Gear VR headset rests on each of the 5,000 seats in a Barcelona convention hall. About 10 minutes into Samsung’s Unpacked press conference, we’re told to put on the virtual reality goggles. What we see is a virtual unboxing of the venue, with the ceiling floating into space and the floor falling away to reveal Samsung’s newest …

The new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge may be different sized, but they pack the exact same camera tech — and it’s that we’re taking a closer look at here. The most important thing about the camera to note is that the resolution has dropped from 16 to 12 megapixels. But don’t despair! That change is for a good …

Samsung is taking us back to 2014 — and that’s a good thing. The tech giant’s newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S7, has brought back two things popular in 2014’s Galaxy S5 but missing from last year’s device: water resistance and expandable flash memory. That means your phone will still work if you drop it in a “puddle” (aka the …

Hola, Galaxy S7. That’s what Samsung will be saying later today when it shows off its newest flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The South Korean electronics giant has used the trade show as the venue for its Unpacked events over the past several years. This year’s event is sure to be brimming with news about its …

AT&T has ambitions to connect everything from cars to whole cities. Why not drones, too? The Dallas wireless carrier and chip giant Intel said Monday they would partner to investigate adding 4G LTE connectivity on drones, which would be a key element in getting them to fly higher and further than ever before. The companies will offer an early look …

Samsung made a splash at Mobile World Congress 2016 with the announcement of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. These two new flagship phones don’t look dramatically different than the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge before them, but it’s what’s on the inside that counts. This time around, the two phones have expandable storage (which was missing from the …

Nokia smartphones will be a thing again. Maybe in 2016, but maybe not. The Finnish company confirmed Sunday at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona that it’s pressing ahead with plans to sell smartphones. It just doesn’t know when. “There’s no timeline, there’s no rush,” said Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri at a press event. “It could happen …

Samsung keeps lowering the price of virtual reality. Its original Gear VR accessory, which turned its Galaxy phones into VR headsets, cost $150. Then the 2015 Gear VR dropped to just $99. And now, for a limited time, you can that same Gear VR unit for free if you preorder one of Samsung’s new phones, the Galaxy S7 or Galaxy …