Author: Kaluka wanjala

The itel A56 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. Itel is known for its affordable smartphones, mostly below Ksh 10,000. This is the first smartphone from Transsion to launch in Kenya this year as we have not seen any devices from Tecno and Infinix in Kenya in 2020 The itel A56 is the successor to the A55 with the company promising everything big with the updated version. We are getting a bigger battery whose capacity stands at 4000 mAh, a bigger 6-inch display, dual camera setup at the back just to name a few.…

Huawei’s App Gallery has a long way to go if it is to catch up with rivals including the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It is extremely difficult to get people to use a new app store as you need it to have all the apps they need and for that you have to convince developers to publish their apps on the store. Huawei has been trying to get developers to publish they applications on its platform as the US government ban affects its core business. The company is still trying to get some of the popular apps…

After a two week pre-order period, the Huawei Y6s is finally available in retail stores in Kenya for Ksh 13,999. This is the second smartphone Huawei is launching in Kenya in 2020, the first one was the Nova 5T that is doing really well in stores. The Huawei Y6s is the successor to the Y6 Prime from last year. This was a good phone for its price and now it is getting an updated version for 2020. Given that we have not seen most of the top manufacturers launch new devices within this price range this year, the Huawei Y6s…

When it comes to updating its smartphones with the latest Android version, vivo has not been very proactive and has never been among the first manufacturers to roll out updates. With its own custom UI, it takes the company a long time to tweak the OS before pushing out the update. Back in December, vivo unveiled Funtouch OS 10 that is based on Android 10. This was a few months after Google first released the final version of the OS. Even with the release of Funtouch OS 10, its roll out is still at its infancy stages with no visible…

Tecno has been quiet since the beginning of the year with no new devices launched in the local market. The company will be changing that soon as it plans to launch its latest camera-centric series, the Tecno Camon 15, in Kenya. The Tecno Camon 15 takes over from the Camon 12 series from last year. The company skipped some numbers to settle for Camon 15 for reasons known to them. Check out the video below. The Tecno Camon 15 is a camera-focused phone as I have said and is expected to come with a 64 MP Sony sensor. I don’t…

HMD Global had big plans for MWC 2020. The event was cancelled due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus not just in China but in Europe too. During this event, the company was going to unveil new smartphones to take over from its 2019 devices. With the cancellation of the event, HMD Global was left in the dark as the company has the devices that need to see the light of day. The company never confirmed when these new devices will be unveiled but now we have that information thanks to its Global VP Juho Sarvikas. He shared this…

For companies like OPPO, pushing the boundaries has always been at their core. The Chinese manufacturer has been aggressively trying to differentiate its products from those offered by its competitors. For the longest time now, OPPO has been investing a lot of money on its cameras as it tries to position its products as the perfect option for the youth. The company has just added a new smartphone to its portfolio and as you can guess, the cameras really do stand out. This new phone is the OPPO Reno3 Pro that has a total of six cameras. This is the…

Earlier today, Safaricom unveiled their new revamped PostPay package that you may have heard about. For the longest time, Safaricom PostPsy has been seen as an exclusive product for the select few. This is not the case at all as it tends to offer really good value for money if you make a good number of calls every month. I have never been attracted to any PostPay offering in Kenya as I always thought the products are not well constituted and to be honest not for me. This changed last year when I tried Safaricom Platinum. It gave me the…

Android 10 brought about a system-wide dark theme that is a favourite for some people. Besides all the advantages it brings, dark theme just looks good. With system-wide dark theme, some apps like the Google Play Store have that functionality embedded within them but its will be enabled and disabled depending on your system settings. This means that if your phone’s dark theme is enabled, dark theme for Google Play Store will be enabled too. With the current settings, the end user has no control over the dark them on the Play Store as that is handled on his/her behalf.…

GOtv is one of the digital TV service providers in Kenya. In Kenya it has been around for a number of years and has different packages price differently and targeting different customers. Gotv Kenya packages target different customers depending on what they are willing to spend every month. Compared to its sister company, DStv, Gotv tends to be chaper. Gotv packages in Kenya start from Ksh 199 and the most expensive is Ksh 3,500. There is an updated version of this article that you can read here. In this post, I will look at some GOtv Kenya packages and rates…