Apple is now officially selling the View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack through its own stores, both physical and online. The VR/AR rig, similar to Google’s Cardboard, but with View-Master’s signature reels added on top, has already been available for both Android and Apple devices, but it’s only now that the Cupertino company has made it available in its own retail chain.

You can order it online, but it’ll take a lengthy 3-4 weeks to ship. If you want one today, you can pick up a View-Master in Apple’s physical stores, just check online if the one near you has it. The more prudent among you will certainly prefer Amazon, though, where the headset is available for $17.74 right now.

Additionally, Apple stores are carrying the Experience packs (the reels, plus a card), each priced at $14.95. You need the card to unlock the experience in the app on your phone and to enjoy the augmented reality features.

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Samsung introduced built-in wireless (or rather inductive) charging capability with the Galaxy S6 a year ago, and made strides into making it nearly as quick as true wired charging by launching the fast wireless charger when the Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ came out last fall.

Well, the Galaxy S7 range won’t be missing the feature either, judging by a listing on a UK retailer’s website. Clove’s brief description of the accessory mentions that it’s optimized for the upcoming Galaxy S7/S7 edge but will also be compatible with other smartphones complying to the Qi standard.

And it’s all fine and dandy, but the pictures show the existing Wireless Charging Pad mini, which has been available for a while now. The listing is clearly just a placeholder at the time, and it also doesn’t seem too likely that Clove will give you a pound to pick up a charging pad, as the -£1.00 price suggests.

The good bit is that Samsung isn’t abandoning useful features (like microSD slot and removable battery) this time around. Wireless charging, coupled with the alleged 2-day endurance and 17 hours of video playback make a compelling case for the Galaxy S7, if they prove to be true.

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