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the HTC vive gets a price and our least eight I'm Jeff Bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey this is your cnet update 2016 is officially the year of VR well at least if you want to buy one HTC has announced the release date and pricing details of the vibe that's the company's VR headset that also uses a front-facing camera now the vibe is going to go for eight hundred dollars and pre-orders are going to start on februari 29th that price is two hundred dollars more than the oculus rift which is actually pushed back its current pre-orders to around july of course it's worth noting that if you do want to use the oculus or the vibe you're going to need a pretty hefty computer to run them that's likely going to cost you around a thousand dollars there's plenty more VR news coming out of Mobile World Congress so be sure to check out all of our coverage at cnet com Bill Gates says he's disappointed and how reports have claimed he's siding with the FBI and its ongoing controversy with apple / unlocking one of the San Bernardino terrorists iPhones gates told Bloomberg quote that doesn't state my view on this he goes on to say that with the right safeguards in place there are cases where the government should be allowed to access private information on the current topic of the FBI vs apple gate says he'll let the courts decide hot off the heels of the company's announcements at Mobile World Congress Samsung has opened up a flagship store right here in new york city called samsung 837 that number just being the street address where it's located it's a pretty cool setup showcasing most of the company's new products like the galaxy s7 and the s7 edge and there's also other exhibits like a VR tunnel and in our gallery our editors were there this morning and report there's plenty to see and do there except you can't actually buy anything that's right this isn't a store it's just a place to see and play around with Samsung stuff and finally believe it or not the next great leap in mobile internet speeds 5g is already being did verizon invited our own roger cheng to experience a demo of the technology where he saw speeds up to 3.7 seven gigabits per second yeah that's around three hundred and seventy-seven times faster than what we're used to right now with 4G but don't think about ditching your current 4g phone just yet because 5g likely won't be a reality until around 2020 that's it for this tech news update for everything else head on over to cnet com be sure to follow me on Twitter from our Studios here in New York on Jeff back alone