Author: Kaluka wanjala

The Nokia 5.3 is one of the latest from HMD Global to launch in Kenya. This phone is available in stores for Ksh 21,500.  This is not very cheap by neither is it that expensive. This is a very competitive price segment but HMD Global is confident it can compete well. I have been using the Nokia 5.3 for a while and in this review I will be highlighting what it has to offer to help you decide if this deal is good for you or not. Here is my review of this phone. Design and Display The Nokia 5.3…

Now that you have got your new Nokia 5.3 smartphones, you got to configure it to get started. This post will highlight some of the steps to follow to kick start the process. Log in to your Google Account When starting for the first time on a new Android phone you will be asked to complete certain data. One of them is logging in to your Google account. You can skip this step, but it is not recommended. By signing in to your Google Account your data will be automatically transferred from your old Android devices. Of course if you…

Earlier this month, Samsung held its unpacked event to unveil its latest flagship devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. These devices came with a handful of upgrades compared to the previous Note devices and even when compared to the S20 series from earlier this year. According to the company, the unpacked event earlier this month was part one and we have Unpacked Part 2 scheduled to take place on September 1 at 5PM Kenyan time. Galaxy Unpacked part 2 will revolve around the Galaxy Z Fold 2 which we already saw earlier this month. Samsung…

Tecno is set to launch its new devices under the Camon 16 series in Kenya next month. This series is the successor to the Camon 15 which was launched in Kenya back in April. It is quite strange to see the successor of a series launch within 5 months but maybe Tecno sees the updated version as a worthy competitor to some of the recent devices we have seen from other manufacturers. Just like the Camon 15, the Tecno Camon 16 series will be about the cameras. This is the DNA of Camon devices and we can’t expect anything different.…

Safaricom has today announced a new campaign that seeks to reward customers with free 500MB daily bonus. Customers will enjoy the free 500MB daily bonus with every purchase of a personalized no-expiry data bundle. This new campaign dubbed ‘Browse Bila Waas,’ is open to both Prepay and PostPay customers. Subscribers will be able to access their personalized data bundles by dialing *544# and then choosing option “0”- Unlock your Free 500MB. The bonus data will be available every day until 19th November 2020. Subscribers will instantly receive the bonus 500MB data valid until midnight of the same day. This new…

Huawei has today announced the commencement of a two week long sale that will see its new Y series and nova 7i devices available at discounted rates. The offer period will happen all the way through September 6th, 2020. During this period, some of the Y series devices that will be available at discounted rates include the Y5p, Y6p, Y7p, Y8p and the Huawei nova7I. These are all the new devices from the company that we saw this year The Huawei Y5p will be available for Ksh 9,799, the Y6p for Ksh 14,999, the Y7p for Ksh 18,499, the Y8p…

Earlier today, realme launched two new smartphones into the Kenyan market. These new devices include the realme C11, realme 6 and the company’s fitness band, the realme band. These three join the realme C3 that the company launched in the country recently. The C3 is available in stores for around Ksh 13,000. With the launch of the realme C11 and realme 6 in Kenya, the company is expanding its portfolio in different price segments. The realme 6 will be available for Ksh 29,999 while the realme C11 will be available for Ksh 9,999. The realme 6 will be available in…

The realme 6 is the second smartphone from this new manufacturer that made its way into Kenya this year. The first phone was the realme C3 that is available locally for around Ksh 13,900. This realme 6 comes into the market to compete with some very good devices from OPPO, Huawei, Xiaomi just to name a few. Those thinking of buying smartphones within this segment have many options to choose from and demand some features that the realme 6 has to deliver. Given that realme is a new brand in Kenya, how the realme 6 and realme C3 perform will…

Last year, I reviewed the vivo V17 Pro that I absolutely loved. This was my first premium smartphone from vivo and was impressed with its build quality and overall performance. The successor to the V17 Pro is the vivo V19 that the company unveiled in the country recently. The phone is available for Ksh 41,000. This is the same price the V17 Pro was retailing at and right around the same segment you can get the OPPO Reno 3 for. This phone is a direct competitor to the Reno 3 and they do have a lot of similarities between them.…

Vivo is expanding its portfolio in Kenya and the latest addition is the vivo Y30 that that company has launched today. The vivo Y30 in Kenya is exclusively available through Jumia for Ksh 16,999. Exclusively launching the phone through Jumia can give vivo the mileage it needs to expand its presence in Kenya. The vivo Y30 comes with the MediTek Helio P35 processor that is configured with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage space. It runs on Android 10 out of the box with Funtouch 10.0 on top. Available colours include Emerald Black and the Moonstone White. The…