Author: Kaluka wanjala

Infinix is about to expand its smartphone line up with the introduction of the Smart series later this month. The company has confirmed that the first device in this family will be available on July 17 on Jumia. At launch, the device will be available exclusively on Jumia but we may get it offline too soon after that. The first device in this series will be available for Ksh 7,899 and the company says it is more for the youth and it looks like music will be its key selling point. It will have front dual speakers and Dirac stereo…

Windows Phone 8.1 has pretty much been dead for ever since Microsoft decided to release Windows 10 Mobile. We haven’t heard much about Windows Phone 8.1 ever since and we may not hear anything about it anymore. Mainstream support for Windows Phone 8.1 will end on the 11th of July (today). What this means is that you should not expect to get any updates if you are using a device with this OS. This sort of means that the OS is pretty much dead unless Microsoft changes its mind. At this point, it looks like you won’t even be receiving…

Besides the flagship P series, Huawei has the Mate series that is its premium phablet line that gets a new device every year. We normally see a new Mate device from the company towards the end of every year and this year will not be different. We are getting information that the Huawei Mate 10 will be unveiled sometime in October and will have a taller display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. This will be a Full Active display from JDI. Samsung included a display with the 18:9 aspect ratio on the Galaxy S8 and it looked really good. This…

The Infinix Note 4 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. The phone went on sale on Monday last week and we finally have a review unit. This is the company’s phablet for 2017 and takes over from the Infinix Note 3 that was released back in 2016. Infinix Note devices are known for their big batteries and the Note 4 is not any different, it has a 4300 mAh unit which is its key selling point. For those who are interested in the price, the Infinix Note 4 price is Ksh 13,999, quite reasonable…

Android Nougat was released towards the end of 2016 but since then, its market share has been below 10% until now. This is according to the latest Android distribution stats that Google has released. The company releases these stats at the beginning of every month and the latest ones show that Android 7.0 and 7.1 have been installed in 11.5% of all Android smartphones. This is a 2% increase from last month when Nougat’s market share was at 9.5%. We sort of expected Android Nougat’s share to increase as more and more devices released this year come with the OS…

When Infinix launched the Hot S last year, we weren’t sure if this was going to be a new line from the company or if it was one of those products with no future. This year, the company came back with the Infinix S2 and S2 Pro as the successors to the Hot S. In Kenya, we only got the S2 Pro but the standard version is available in other markets. The Infinix S2 Pro is available in Kenya for Ksh 15,699 and is one of the few selfie-centric smartphones you can get in Kenya for less than Ksh 20,000.…

If you are a fan of Nokia, then you may already know about Zeiss optics. We saw Zeiss optics in some of the old Lumia smartphones including the Nokia 808 PureView and the Lumia 1020 which had a 41MP camera. With these two and other devices, Nokia was known for its superior cameras at the time compared to other devices from other manufacturers. When HMD Global brought back the Nokia brand, we did not get Zeiss optics. Rumors were that we were to see a new Nokia smartphone with Zeiss optics later in the year but since HMD Global did…

Visa and Direct Pay Online Group (DPO), the leading online payment service provider in Africa, have announced that they are enabling 20,000 more merchants to accept mVisa payments, facilitating mobile commerce in Kenya and connecting more people and businesses to the global economy. Consumers will be able to use Visa’s innovative, secure and interoperable mobile payment solution at leading airlines, hotels, travel agents and tour operators across the country. mVisa is a mobile payment solution, backed by Visa’s global payment network, which enables consumers to pay merchants or send money to friends and family direct from their bank account via their…

A few days ago, the Infinix Note 4 was officially launched in Kenya through online retailer, Jumia. The phone is available for ksh 13,999 which is a reasonable price considering its specs. The Infinix Note 4 isn’t the only device the company has been working on, there is also the Infinix Note 4 Pro whose main addition will be the stylus pen, the X-Pen. The Infinix Note 4 Pro will be available in the Kenyan market in August but before that happens, we have the first images thanks to TechWeez. TechWeez also reports that the phone will have a metallic…

If you own a smartphone from Xiaomi, then you know that you are not always among the first people to get the latest Android updates. The company uses Mi UI and given that this is a custom user interface, you always have to wait sometime before getting updates that Google has released. Given that most people who own Xiaomi devices are never sure of when the latest updates will be available for their devices, most of the time we don’t really notify you guys when the updates start rolling out. If you own a smartphone from Xiaomi, you need to…