Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Call waiting is a feature we are all familiar with. It is very common with traditional calls but when it comes to VoIP services it is not. WhatsApp is one VoIP that has not had a call waiting feature but that is changing soon. If you make calls through WhatsApp, as some people do, you know that call waiting has not been an option for you. The latest WhatsApp update for both Android and iOS changes this. With call waiting on WhatsApp, you will be able to view and even jump to a new call easily. You will be…

The Infinix S5 is the latest camera-centric smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is available in the country starting from Ksh 15,900 on Jumia. With the launch of this phone in the country, let us unbox it and I will share my first impressions. The Infinix S4 is the successor to the S4 that we reviewed a few months ago. It is actually interesting to see Infinix launch two devices in the S series within the same year and just 6 months apart. With the Infinix S5, I was curious to see what is new and…

Facebook and most other social networking sites figured out earlier on that offering users tailored experiences gets them to stick on the platforms for longer. You can be on the same platform with someone but your experiences are totally different because you have different interests. With this, you may end up feeling like the platform has what you want and you keep going back there. From next year, Instagram (a Facebook-owned company) will start using age to offer users tailored experiences. A huge part of this move is to help protect some of the younger users on the platform. This…

The Oppo Reno2 F is one of the latest smartphones by the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is currently available in retail stores for Ksh 39,999, quite pricey but you should look at the specifications it comes with to decide if it is a good option for you. The Oppo Reno2 F in Kenya comes at a time when most other manufacturers are focusing on the sub Ksh 30,000 market and if Oppo plays its card right, it might end up conquering this market segment. The phone’s name is quite a mouthful but that is not the most…