Author: Kaluka wanjala

Earlier this week, Apple officially unveiled its latest devices including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X. With this announcement, the company is no longer selling the Red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are no longer available for purchase. The Red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were announced back in March as part of the RED charity line of products and we knew they were not here to stay. These were special edition devices that have served their purpose and are no longer listed on Apple’s website after the announcement of the new iPhones. With the…

The Final build of Android Oreo was released a couple of week ago and is currently rolling out to supported Pixel and Nexus devices. Other manufacturers are working to bring this update to their devices and we should expect to see it roll out before the end of the year. Nokia and Sony have already listed the devices that will be getting this update and now Motorola has come out with its own list. The list includes about a dozen devices from its 2016 line-up including the Moto z and all its variants. Most of these devices come with stock…

Samsung is expanding its smartphone line-up with the introduction of the Galaxy J7 Neo in the Kenyan market. This smartphone is available locally for Ksh 21,999 from any Samsung branded shop. Vice President and Managing Director of Samsung Electronics East Africa, Mr. Jung Hyun Park said, “We understand the dynamics of the emerging and developing markets, where we have to create a balance between the entry level, mid-level and flagship models.” “Mobile data subscription is growing at a fast pace especially among the millennials. Fast and reliable data will therefore be a key consideration when this demographic makes their next…

OPPO’s latest smartphone, the A71, will be launched in Kenya later this month. The company has confirmed this but is yet to confirm the exact date as to when this will happen. Globally, the OPPO A71 was announced back in September and is already in markets such as India where it is available for Rs. 12,990 (approximately Ksh 20,800). This is the price I expect it to be available in when it is launched in Kenya later this month. As with most OPPO smartphones we have seen recently, the camera is one of its key selling point. The company says…

We have already told you about the iPhone X that Apple unveiled yesterday at an event in California. This was not the only device from the company that was unveiled, we also saw the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus smartphones The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have a glass on the front and back and this is one of the biggest addition included by Apple on this device. These devices look a lot more like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus except for a few differences. Apple says that the glass used on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus is…

Yesterday, Apple introduced a new smartphone to the world, the iPhone X. The iPhone X was an additional device besides the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus that the company unveiled yesterday. The iPhone X (iPhone 10) comes to the market on the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone and from the look of things, it is an amazing device, even better than the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in my opinion. Apple sees the iPhone X as the device paving way for the next smartphone revolution. The biggest change that you can see with the iPhone X is the removal…

Every year, Huawei comes out with a new phablet under its ‘Mate series’. We normally see these devices towards the end of the year, mostly during November. This year will be a bit different as the company will be unveiling the next phablet, the Huawei Mate 10 on October 16. From what we have heard so far, the Huawei Mate 10 is codenamed ‘Marcel’ and there is also a Pro model that is codenamed ‘Blanc’. These are the two devices were have known about all along but it looks like there is another device that is codenamed Alps. This is…

The third season of Mr. Robot premieres on Showmax first across Africa on Thursday, 12 October 2017, with fresh episodes launching weekly within 24 hours of their broadcast in the US. Mr. Robot stars Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek as Elliot, a troubled hacker at the center of the cyberwar between the conglomerate E Corp and fsociety, a group of hacktivists led by Mr Robot, an anarchist played by Christian Slater. We wrote that spoiler-free description with a lot of self-control and it’s deliberately not entirely accurate, because nothing is ever quite what it seems in this show. Malek won the…

A couple of days ago, Xiaomi revealed the last of its devices that will be getting MIUI 9 Global ROM. This is the third batch of its smartphones that will be getting the update and this means that if your device is not listed here, you will not be getting the update. Earlier this year, Xiaomi said that it had plans to update some of its smartphones to Android Nougat and said that this will happen in three stages over time. MIUI 9 is based on Android 7.0 Nougat and even though it is late, it’s not that big of…

Earlier today, Xiaomi introduced its latest bezel-less phablet, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. This phone is replacing the Mi Mix that was announced back in 2016 and was known for its gigantic size and very thin bezels. The Mi Mix 2 comes with a 5.99-inch display that is slightly smaller than the 6.4 inch one on the Mi Mix. The display on the Mi Mix 2 has a FullHD+ resolution of 2160x1080pixels with an 18:9 aspect ratio. With this aspect ratio, the display is not very big as its overall footprint is smaller and so is its screen-to-body ratio. Both…