After a daylong selection process, a jury of six women and two men was picked to decide how much Samsung must pay Apple for infringing its patents.

Hoping to find a group who could approach the next chapter in the blockbuster patent tussle with an open mind, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rounded up some 90 prospective jurors and devised an elaborate blueprint for voir dire. But the process was complicated by jurors’ eagerness to chat among themselves about the highly publicized case and the smartphones humming in their pockets.