Author: Kaluka wanjala

About a week ago, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 was officially unveiled in Kenya. The phone was available on pre-order through Jumia for Ksh 24,999 and its other partners. Within that week, the company reports that it has received over 1,000 pre-orders. This is quite a milestone to be achieved in a short time for a phone within this price. Speaking of the successful pre-order period, Huawei Mobile Country President, Steven Li said, “We would like to appreciate all our partners who ensured, we meet the target during the pre-order period. We are also glad that consumers are still confident…

Last Week, Huawei unveiled its latest mid-range smartphone, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019, in Kenya. This should not be confused with the Huawei Y9 2019 from last year. These are two different smartphones from the series with the latest one coming with updated specifications and hardware. I have been using the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 since it was launched and I thought I should share some of the things I like about this phone so far. This is not a full review and I will share that once I am done with it. The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is available…

During a stakeholder event yesterday, Microsoft highlighted its recently published Security Intelligence Report, which looks at emerging cybercrime trends over the past 12 months, revealing key findings not only into the global threat landscape but also locally. The session was to provide a refreshed insight on the status of the local cybersecurity landscape and unpack current and future trends, urging participants and those in attendance to keep abreast and aware. In 2018, cyberattacks cost the Kenyan economy Ksh.29.5B, this is according to the most recent annual report published by cybersecurity firm Serianu. The latter coupled with the recent attacks to…

It might be the end of the road for Android Beam with the release of Android Q later this year. Google has actually retired Android Beam and is now pushing users to use the Files app. Android Beam is an NFC-based sharing method that was introduced to us with the release of Android 4.0 but Google is ready to move to better things with Android Q. Even though the Files by Google app allows the sharing of apps between devices, Google is working on a better option that we should be seeing soon. This new feature will be called Fast…

For a few weeks, Huawei has been backed into a corner with the US government as it issued a directive preventing American companies from doing business with the Chinese company. This meant tat Huawei was not free to do business with companies such as Google and therefore could not get Android security updates directly from the search giant. The ban had kicked into effect but the grace period was extended by 90 days but we were just not sure what would happen after that. With this ban, future Huawei phones would not have Google apps including Gmail, YouTube etc pre-installed.…

Apple Music is one of the many music streaming services available for music lovers. The service now has 60 million users, both paying subscribers and those using the free option. Apple Music has reached this milestone in the past four years and this is not that bad. Apple Music is available on multiple platforms including Android and it does have some loyal fans on Google’s Mobile OS. In April last year, Apple reported that Apple Music had 40 million subscribers and this means that the platform has added 20 million users in just over a year. This is quite good…

If for some reason you have wanted to share your WhatsApp Status to your Facebook Story, you may be in luck as the company is currently testing this feature. The feature is available on the latest beta build of WhatsApp and this means that we will be seeing it on the public version of the app very soon. WhatsApp has insisted that when using this feature, you will not be linking your WhatsApp ID with your Facebook account. The company says that it is using the standard Android and iOS data sharing APIs so those who were worried about this…

The Huawei P30 series was introduced to the global audience a few months ago and seems to be doing well. The company has reported that sales of the P30 series have reached 10 million in just 85 days. This is a new 3-month sales record for Huawei and is better than what the company recorded with the P20 phones. The P30 series is made up of the Huawei P30, the P30 Pro and the P30 Lite that I reviewed a few weeks ago. All these phone are available in Kenya with the P30 Lite recently discounted to Ksh 23,500 on…

A couple of hours ago, I told you that Tecno was preparing to launch its next flagship smartphone, the Tecno Phantom 9 in Kenya in July. At that point, the company had not confirmed this but we now have the officially confirmation. Tecno has confirmed that the Phantom 9 will be launched in Kenya in the 2nd week of July. “After taking a brief hiatus, the Phantom series is back. It’s now bigger and better and ready to exceed the complex demands of our customers. We love it when our customers challenge us, and the next Phantom is all about…

Last year, we reported that Tecno was not considering having a mew Phantom series as it focused on its Camon series and other devices. The had no plans of releasing a Phantom smartphone in 2018 but that will change in 2019. We do have information that the next Tecno Phantom device will be unveiled in the country next month. At this point I do not have information about its specifications but what I have heard is that it will have a triple camera setup at the back. This is not new in the smartphone space but will be a first…