Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

I have been using the Nokia 5.3 for a while having received a review unit from HMD Global. By checking the specs sheet here, you will notice that the phone is available in two configurations of 4GB and 6GB RAM. On the box there is no indication of the RAM capacity so I had to find out ways to know which variant I had. If you are interested in buying any Nokia smartphone in Kenya, you can check them out on Jumia.  With most other Android phones, this information can be found under the ‘Settings Menu’ and scrolling all the…

If you have an Android phone and want to transfer data from that to another Android phone, the process has never been easier. I have had the Nokia 5.3 for a while and one of the things I had to do was transfer data from my old phone to the new one. The process was straightforward and can be initiated when you are setting up the phone for the first time or later depending on your needs. Transferring data from an old phone means that you can pick up things right where you left them and do not have to…

The Nokia 5.3 was launched in Kenya recently and is available in retail stores across the country. This is the latest from HMD Global to launch in the country and one of the handful devices it has unveiled in 2020. I do have a unit in to review and before I get to that, I thought I should highlight some of the things those interested in this phone or any phone might want to know before buying one. This is one of the few devices that HMD Global will be launching in Kenya this year so look out for that.…