Author: Kaluka wanjala

Smartphone penetration has been on the rise in Kenya over the years but not everyone can pay for a good and reliable smartphone upfront. With this, there are those who are stuck with older and some very basic phones that may not be reliable over time. In an age where 4G coverage is in almost all corners of the country, there are those who are still stuck with 3G and some 2G devices. These people may not necessarily see the need of getting a 4G supported phone and some may just not care. For Safaricom, the more people using 4G,…

The Latest phone from Huawei to launch in Kenya is the Huawei Y7p. The phone is available through online and offline outlets for Ksh 18,499. Online you can get the phone through Jumia by clicking here. The Huawei Y7p is still an Android powered smartphone like all other smartphones from the company. In Google Mobile Services, the phone comes with Huawei Mobile services. Huawei Mobile Services step in here to make sure the user experience is as smooth as it has always been on Android. With the lack of Google services and apps, there is no access to the Google…

The Nokia C2, HMD’s latest entry-level phone, is now available in Kenya for Ksh 8,200. This is the successor to the Nokia C1 and one of its key upgrades is 4G support unlike its predecessor that could only support 3G. The C2 supports 4G VoLTE and should work well with JTL’s Faiba 4G. The Nokia C2 comes in Cyan and Black to further expand HMD’s portfolio in Kenya. The phone has a 5.7-inch HD+ display with 720×1520 pixel resolution. This is a Go Edition phone that comes with Android 9.0 Pie Go Edition, something that may be disappointing for some…

Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy Tab S6 lite in Kenya next week. This new tablet will be available in retail stores for Ksh 55,000. This is the latest tablet from the Korean manufacturer and I am surprised they decided to launch it in Kenya at this time. I was expecting the company to launch it later this year. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is the smaller brother to the Tab S6 and it comes with an S Pen and a big 7,040 mAh battery. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite has the same thick bezels we saw on the…

The Tecno Camon 15 is a camera centric phone just like all the previous Camon devices. The Camon 15 is available in Kenya for Ksh 18,000 and with it you get a great phone with great cameras and a good battery life. I will talk more about all the other things this phone has to offer but in this post we will only be focusing on the cameras. With the camera being one of the top features phone buyers look at, Tecno had to ensure the Camon 15 ticks all the key boxes and that is what we will look…

Telegram is the popular messaging app that some people seem to overlook. The messaging service has revealed that its monthly active users have topped 400 million. This is 100 million more than what the company reported in October 2019, about 6 or so months ago. Telegram also revealed that at the moment they are adding about 1.5 million users every single day and that it is the most downloaded social media app in more that 20 countries. The messaging service plans to add secure video calling to its platform before the end of the year. With the rise in popularity…

Epic Games, the developers behind Fortnite, have finally published this popular game on the Google Play Store. This popular game has not been available on the Play Store as the developers were not willing to part with the 30% cut Google keeps for all in-app purchases. When Epic Games released the Android version of Fortnite, they were vocal about the high percentage fees that are charged by both Apple and Google for having apps and in-app purchases in their app stores. The developers released the mobile game which could be downloaded through its website, a move aimed at bypassing Google…

The desktop browser market is quite competitive, most users want something that is easy to use with the basic features while others want more from their browsers. Opera has known this for years and its browsers have always had a few extra features missing from the likes of Google Chrome and Firefox. The latest changes Opera is doing to its browsers involve the integration of the Instagram app to the desktop browser. This makes sense and is meant to give users access to app-only features that Instagram recently added to its platform. Opera desktop browser version 68 is the one…

HMD Global has kept its promise of updating its devices with the latest versions of Android. The company has done this consistently even for some of its entry level devices. This has been the case the last couple of years and will be the case for years to come. The latest device added to the list of Nokia phones with Android 10 is the Nokia 2.3. The company confirmed last month that this phone was to get this update by the end of Q2 2020. With this update, the Nokia 2.3 becomes the eleventh phone by HMD to get Android…

The sub Ksh 20,000 smartphone market is very competitive. We see a ton of devices in this segment offering different specifications and features. The camera has been one of the features most smartphone manufacturers have been focusing on as they try to win the customers looking for phones within this price range. With smartphone buyers demanding more from their cameras beyond the megapixel count, smartphone markers have to do all they can to ensure the software is optimized for the best results. Huawei knows this too well and its latest smartphone, the Huawei Y7p, is here for those who want…