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Steve Jobs’ battered watch from iconic Mac photo fetches $42,000

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 …

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To Samsung, virtual reality is ready for its close

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 …

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Samsung Galaxy S7’s camera could be a low

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 …

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Samsung flashes back to the past with expandable memory

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 …

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Join us today for Samsung’s Galaxy S7 launch at Mobile World Congress (live blog and live video)

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 …

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A classic returns? Nokia CEO confirms comeback for phones

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 …

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