I’ve gotten a small taste of this independent future over the past few weeks with the Samsung Gear S2 3G, a cellular-connected version of Samsung’s impressive Gear S2 smartwatch.

The Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G will be available from March, but we’ll see more fruits of the GSMA’s work later this year when the eSIM specification for smartphones is announced.

Samsung is finally bringing Gear S2 compatibility to the iPhone, but only as part of a beta test in South Korea.

Five years after its launch, Samsung has pushed an update to its Gear S2 smartwatch which supposedly improves the battery life.