Author: Kaluka wanjala

In 2017, we saw amazing smartphones on both Android and iOS. Manufacturers we all about innovating and bringing new features to consumers and this is always a good thing. What is interesting about 2017 is that smartphone manufacturers shipped 0.5% fewer devices compared to 2016 according to IDC. In total, smartphone manufacturers shipped 1.46 billion devices by the end of 2017. This number includes both Android and iOS. Most of the devices shipped in 2017 are obviously running Android as Apple tends to have a thin portfolio compared to what is available on Android. The IDC reports that, 85.1% of…

Truecaller is undoubtedly one of the widely used apps in the country. Even with this, it is not all love with the app as the exact mechanics of how the application works makes privacy advocates uncomfortable. The app makes it easier for mobile phone users to identify those who are texting and calling them. This may seem important but when you start dealing with spam and unwanted calls, identifying those who are calling before picking up is helpful. Ever since Truecaller was released, it has seen tremendous growth is most emerging and developing markets with Kenya being one of them.…

If you have subscribed to GOtv Plus or GOtv Value, you should be prepared to pay a few shillings more as from April. The company will be making price adjustments to these bouquets by a tiny bit and since these are not massive changes, I do not expect many people to complain. Even with that said, I still expect the people who see GOtv as being pricey not to be happy with the changes. GOtv Plus subscribers should be ready to pay Ksh 749 per month up from Ksh 699 that they are currently paying. This is a 7% increase…

BlackBerry is one company that almost everyone knows about but when it comes to market share, the company is nowhere to be seen. BlackBerry was at one time one of the most sort after smartphone brands but then Android came around. Ever since then, the company has seen its market share drop to embarrassing levels. Even though times have been tough, BlackBerry is not giving up. The company is currently working on a premium Android smartphone that is called Ghost. According to Evan Blass (eveleaks), the phone will be launching in India very soon, no exact date has been given…

Most of you probably do not know that Huawei also makes laptops. You may know about the company’s tablets but may never have heard about the company’s laptop. To be fair, the company has a couple of laptops and most of them are sold in the western markets and that is why you may not have heard about them here. Huawei is slowly but steadily expanding its laptop line and the latest addition is the Huawei MateBook X Pro that it unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2018) yesterday. The one thing that got people talking about this laptop is…

Let’s face it, in this day and age, you cannot have a premium smartphone with a mediocre camera. Consumers demand the best of the best from manufacturers who have to go that extra mile to ensure they have the best cameras on their new devices. This is exactly what Samsung had in mind when it decided to unveil its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+. The two devices were unveiled yesterday at Mobile Wold Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona. There had been a ton of leaks about these two devices so we were not entirely surprised…

Mobile World Congress 2018 has just kicked off but HMD Global has already showcased 5 Nokia smartphones including the recently unveiled mid-ranger, the Nokia 6 2018. Out of the 5 devices HMD Global showcased at MWC 2018, only 2 of them are new, the other three are new versions of existing devices. The cheapest phone the company unveiled is the Nokia 8110 “slider phone”. This is not an entirely new device but is rather a remake of the classic Nokia 8110 feature phone. The company did a similar thing last year with the unveiling of the Nokia 3310 and I…

Samsung’s latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 8, is one of the most expensive devices the company has ever released. The phone is available in Kenya for Ksh 105,000 or less depending on where you get it from. The Galaxy Note 8 is the successor to the Galaxy Note 7 that was discontinued a few months after it was unveiled. With the disaster that was the Galaxy Note 7, there was so much pressure on the company to deliver and ensure the Note 8 lives up to our expectations. We have not heard any issues about this phone and this…

Earlier today, you may have seen ‘Safaricom Platinum’ all over social media especially Twitter. With this, you may have wondered, what is it all about? What has Safaricom done this time round? If you have been asking these questions, this short post is for you as I will be listing down some of the things you should know about the company’s new offering. Monthly Plans of Data, Voice and SMS Safaricom Platinum is basically the company’s new offering letting users choose from 4 different monthly plans. The plans range from a Ksh 2,000 to Ksh 10,000 to target different customers…

If you were one of the people waiting for Android Oreo (Go Edition), the wait is finally over. According to Google, we will be seeing the first devices running Android Oreo (Go Edition) as early as next week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Google is yet to mention any of these smartphones but said that some of them will be available for a little as $50 (approximately Ksh 5,100). This is quite interesting as we rarely see devices within this price and it will be amazing if the phones we see live to our expectations. This is because…