Author: Kaluka wanjala

Huawei has not had the best year thanks to the trade war between the US and China. Even with this, the company has carried on with its operations like nothing is going on. Back in August, Huawei released the EMUI 10 update schedule listing down the devices that will be getting the update and when that was going to happen. The company started updating some of its devices not so long ago and in this first phase, most of the devices there were its 2019 flagships. Huawei will not be updating its 2019 flagship smartphones only though. The company is…

The Oppo Reno 2F is the latest smartphone from the company that is available in Kenya for Ksh 39,999. I have been using the Reno 2F for a few weeks now and in this review, I will share my experience with it. The phone is available in retail stores in the country and is part of the Reno series from Oppo. It comes with the specifications you expect to find on a 2019 mid-range smartphone. As this is a Reno device, the camera is one of its key selling points but not the only one. Below are some of its…

Bolt in on an aggressive expansion plan in Kenya introducing its services to smaller towns that its competitors have no presence in. Two months ago, the company announced that it has expanded its services to four more towns; Kitale, Naivasha, Nakuru and Eldoret. Most of these, except Kitale, are towns dominated by a small player known as Wasili cabs. If you spend time in these towns, you will see their cabs all over and they have dominated the towns and are quite reasonably priced when compared to the likes of bolt, Uber and Little. Bolt isn’t slowing down its expansion…

The holiday season is upon us and Tecno mobile wants to make it even better for some of its customers. The company launched the #TECNOTakesMeHomewithBuupass campaign (yes, I know the name is a bit long) that will see it reward those who purchase its devices with Airtime, bus ride coupons, motorbikes and the grand prize of a car worth $ 10,000 (approximately Ksh 1,000,000). The campaign kicked off on November 25 and will go all the way to December 23. You have a few more days to take part in it if you want to win any of the mentioned…

Xiaomi is set to open its third Mi Home store in Kenya this weekend. The other two were opened this year with one at the Hub in Karen and the other one in Nairobi CBD along Moi Avenue. The Mi Home store at Sarit Centre will officially be open to the public on December 21st as from 9 am. The store will be at the Ground floor next to Java. Just like the other two Mi Home stores, the one at Sarit Centre will stock a variety of Xiaomi products and not just smartphones. You will be able to get…

For the past few weeks, I have been using the Vivo V17 Pro smartphone. This is one of the latest from Vivo to launch in Kenya and you can get it for Ksh 40,999. The phone was officially unveiled in Kenya last month and I got a review unit to test it out and see if it worth your money. The Vivo V17 Pro is currently the most expensive smartphone launched by the company in Kenya. It does have amazing specifications on paper and when reviewing it, I was keen to see if this translates to a good experience in…

Gone are the days when people used to own just any television set. There has been a massive evolution in the viewing industry and television sets are not what they used to be. A television is not just an abstract device placed in front of an idle wall. Currently, a TV is defined by the quality of its pictures. Consumers are no longer content with mediocre quality screens showing faint and blurred images. Manufacturers of television sets, aware of this important component , are increasingly coming up with television sets that have the best quality picture, giving the viewer the…

When Infinix launched the S series of devices a few years back, it was mainly focusing on the selfie camera and hence the S. This is still the case today but the company is not just focusing on the selfie camera as the back cameras have also seen improvements over the years. The latest device in the S line up is the Infinix S5 that was launched in the country not so long ago. I have been using this phone for a while and I wanted to do a camera review to see how these cameras perform and if they…

Infinix has a number of devices with the S series being its camera-centric (specifically the selfie) series. The Infinix S5 is the 6th iteration in this series with the others being the Infinix S, S2, S3, S3X and S4 devices. With the Infinix S5, the company is building up on what it offered with the S4. The S5 has to offer more than what the S4 offered as the latter was unveiled in Kenya earlier this year. Having two devices from the same series launched in one year always means that we are getting a handful of upgrades but are…

Launched globally not so long ago, the Nokia 2.3 is finally available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone was launched in the country early today and is available at a recommended price of Ksh 12,300. This is the latest affordable smartphone from the company but is not the cheapest one yet. The phone takes over from the Nokia 2.2 that we saw in the country earlier this year. It offers good value proposition but faces tough competition as this market segment is flooded with some decent phones from Infinix, Tecno and the rest. HMD actually says the Ksh 7,500…