Author: Kaluka wanjala

For the last couple of months, we have heard so much about Samsung’s 2017 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, that we forgot about its mid-range devices. One of the devices Samsung plans to launch this year to fill join its mid-range family is the Galaxy J5 (2017). The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) has been spotted on GFXBench listing revealing some of the key specs it will come with. One of those is the 12MP camera on the front and back.  Besides this, the listing also confirms that the base model will have 16GB of internal storage space. The GFXBench listing…

Google has just released the first Android O developer preview. Android O will be the next major release of its mobile operating system which will be released to the public later this year. The preview is available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. As you can see, the Nexus 6 is not included on the list and this is the same thing the company did a couple of days back when it rolled out Android 7.1.2 beta. Android O developer preview is not available over the air, you will have to download…

Even as people have started talking about the next Android iteration, Google is still focused on improving Android Nougat as we know it. The company is currently pushing out Android 7.1.2 to Nexus and Pixel devices that are supported by Android 7.1. This is the second beta build of Android 7.1.2 as the first one was rolled out in January this year. Android 7.1.2 beta build 2 is rolling out over the air to those who are enrolled in the Android Beta Program. Some of the supported devices that the update is available for include the Google Pixel, Pixel XL,…

When it comes to 4G LTE connectivity, we have always associated that with smartphones and not feature phones. If you owned a feature phone, you were stuck with 3G internet and that was enough since 4G LTE is not something people who buy such smartphones look out for. With 4G now available in most parts of the world, we may start seeing feature phones that support that. Qualcomm is one company keen to see that happen and the company has just unveiled Snapdragon 205 platform that brings LTE category 4 capabilities to feature phones. Keep in mind that this refers…

Late last year, Instagram updated its apps to include an option for users to broadcast live to their followers. When the feature was unveiled, users could only broadcast to their followers and once they were done, that was it, the video disappeared forever from the platform. This means that you had not way of watching your live broadcasts back. Instagram is making some changes to its platform and is finally adding an option that will allow users to save their live broadcasts. This option was added to an update that rolled out to the official Instagram apps for both Android…

Uber is one company that people are always talking about. The company is always doing something that gets people to talk about it or it just does something that annoys some of its partners and people end up talking about that. Uber has been under pressure recently from all angles and this has been tough for the ride sharing service and its employees. It was even sued by Alphabet’s subsidiary, Waymo, for stealing its IP. Alphabet is the company behind Google for those who did not know. This has surely caused friction inside the company and now its president, Jeff…

We have already told you that Infinix is planning to launch its next smartphone on April 10. This phone will be replacing the Infinix Hot S that was launched last year. The Hot S had a good run and this is why the company is back again with the Infinix S2 that will be launched next month. With the Infinix S2, the company will be focusing on the front facing camera more than anything else. The company will be including a dual selfie camera on this phone. This will be the first smartphone from the company to feature a dual…

Last year, Infinix introduced a new smartphone series and its first device was the Infinix Hot S. This was sort of a mid-range device from the company that was slightly more expensive than the Infinix Hot 4 and Note 3 but cheaper than the company’s flagship, the Zero 4. When the Infinix Hot S was launched, we did not know about the future of this new series.  Since this was a new device in a new series, how successful it was going to be would determine if the company keeps it around or not. From what I hear, the Infinix…

The latest flagship smartphone to be launched in Kenya is the Moto Z. This Moto Z was launched in Kenya last month by Lenovo together with the Moto Z Play. I have been using the Moto Z since then and I thought it was a good idea to do a post pointing out a few things potential customers need to know about it. This is not the full review, that one will be up next week. Very Slim and Light The one thing I noticed about the Moto Z when I took it out of the box for the first…

HTC has been very quiet the last couple of months. We have heard very little from the company both as CES and MWC 2017. At these events, we got to see some of the top smartphone manufacturers unveil some of their 2017 flagships but HTC was now very vocal. This is all about to change as the company has something coming out next week. The company has been teasing this device on Facebook with the caption “unexpected surprise”. The company points out that March 20 is when this unexpected device will be launched, that is 3 days from today. The…