Author: Kaluka wanjala

One of the things I have always loved about Huawei’s EMUI are its battery saving features. I have been using EMUI on and off for years and this is one of the features that make it stand out compared to some of the other custom user interfaces and stock Android. You can use the different battery saving features to extend your phone’s battery life by a few hours or up to a day.. These battery saving features are available on EMUI which is available on all Huawei phones. It does not matter the version of EMUI you have as I…

M-Shwari, the mobile lending service operated by Safaricom and the NCBA bank, has raised the minimum loan limit one can borrow from the original Ksh 500 to ksh 2,000. This means that the lowest amount anyone can borrow is now set to Ksh 2,000 by default and there is no way to get any amount below that. According to Business Daily, the changes took effect on Monday and NCBA bank has been communicating this new credit limit to customers who qualify. Safaricom is yet to officially communicate this since M-Shwari is accessible through its M-Pesa service and one would have…

HDM Global has announced that it has successfully closed a series A2 funding of $230 million from top global strategic partners including Google, Nokia and Qualcomm. HMD Global is the company that brought back Nokia smartphones since 2016 as it has been licenced to use the Nokia brand on its mobile devices. The latest cash injection from Google, Nokia and Qualcomm is its highest yet. The last series of funding was back in 2018 when it raised over $100 million. HMD Global says the latest round of funding will help accelerate the roll out of 5G devices, expand presence in…

Itel has announced the start of its I-service month that will see its customers get phone care services and discounted rates on screen replacements and phone accessories. This month-long campaign kicked off yesterday and will run through to September 10. During this month, customers who go to participating itel outlets across the country and buy a new itel smartphone get a raffle with every purchase. The raffle can be redeemed at Carlcare service centres for services that I will highlight later in this post. Read: Itel A56 Specifications During the i-service month, itel users can walk in to select itel…

Vivo is planning to launch yet another smartphone into the Kenyan market in the coming week. This new phone, the vivo Y30, is part of the company’s Y series meant for the youth and joins the vivo V19 that was launched in Kenya recently. Being part of vivo’s Y series, the Y30 should be cheaper than the V19. The phone should retail for between Ksh 20,000 and Ksh 25,000 which puts it on the firing range of the Huawei Y8p, Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S and a few other phones we have seen in 2020. This is a very competitive segment…

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 is one of the handful of devices in the company’s Redmi Note 9 series. The phone is priced at Ksh 19,000 on Jumia. At this price, it is competing with the Samsung Galaxy A21s and the Infinix Note 7. Does the Redmi Note 9 have any chance? This is what we will find out in this review. For those interested in what you will be getting in the box if you buy this phone, you can check out that post that I did a few weeks back. Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Unboxing Before we…

Airtel Kenya has today announced the launch a new streaming application. This new application, the Airtel TV app, is designed to offer Airtel subscribers entertainment through their smartphones. “Airtel TV is set to revolutionize the video on demand & Live TV viewing experience via smartphones, offering Airtel customers access to the very best shows, movies and live television engagements for free. Airtel TV has no monthly subscriptions and is accessible as long as you have data for streaming,” said Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd CEO Prasanta Das Sarma. Below are some of the things you should know about the Airtel TV…

I have been using the Tecno Pouvoir 4 for a little over two weeks as my secondary phone. This is one of the latest devices from Tecno and is available in Kenya for Ksh 14,000. This is slightly higher when compared to its predecessor, the Tecno Pouvoir 3 that is currently available for less than Ksh 9,000. Tecno has added a number of new features to the Pouvoir 4 and that may be one of the justifications for the price hike. The Tecno Pouvoir 4 comes with a 7-inch display, 6,000 mAh battery, dedicated Google Assistant button, Quad camera…

Samsung officially unveiled its latest flagship devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and the Note 20 Ultra. These are its premium devices and join the S20 series that was unveiled earlier this year. Those who want to be among the first ones in Kenya to own these new devices will be able to pre-order them as from next week (14th August). The pre-order period will go all the way to August 28 with the devices available in stores locally on August 30, 2020. As for pricing, the base model Samsung Galaxy Note 10 should be available for Ksh 107,000 while…

We had known they were coming and today Samsung officially unveiled them. These are its new flagship devices and are two out of five devices the company announced today. These two devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, are not that different from the Note devices from last year. They are both very big devices with the Note 20 Ultra having a slightly bigger display. The Galaxy Note phones have always been geared towards power users and the Note 20 series is not any different. Both the standard Note 20 and the Note 10 Ultra have a…