Author: Kaluka wanjala

Last month, we told you that Lenovo had plans to bring the Moto Z smartphone to Kenya. Well, the wait is finally over and the company will be launching this smartphone tomorrow. The company has already sent out media invites to the launch event tomorrow morning. The star of the show will be the Moto Z and we are not sure if we will be seeing other devices from the company at the launch. The Moto Z is a mid-range device and it will be interesting to see how it performs on the market. The upper mid-range smartphone segment in…

Even before Huawei and Nokia took to stage at Mobile World Congress, LG had already announced its 2017 flagship smartphones, the LG G6. This was one of the most anticipated smartphones of 2017 given that LG had promised us a number of changes with it. The LG G6 is all about the display, which is massive, but the company has said this can still fit in one hand. At its unveiling, LG focused so much on the display and the “Full Vision” functionality it comes with. The smartphone market is very competitive and LG had to look for one aspect…

At Mobile World Congress 2017, HMD Global reintroduced the Nokia brand to the smartphone market. The company announced two main smartphones, the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 smartphones that will join the Nokia 6 that was launched at the beginning of the year. HMD Global didn’t just focus on the smartphones as the company also unveiled a refreshed version of the Nokia 3310. If you know anything about mobile phones, then you know that it was one of the bestselling feature phones of its time. In total, over 100 million units of the Nokia 3310 were sold between the year…

Nokia is an iconic phone brand but the company had not been around the last couple of years. The company sold its mobile division to Microsoft which did a terrible job in maintaining the Nokia and Lumia names. Well, what happened happened and Nokia is officially back on the smartphone market. The company re-entered this market back in January with the Nokia 6 but is now back with even more devices that it will be taking to international markets. The two devices are the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 smartphones that were unveiled at Mobile World Congress. The Nokia 3…

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 has kicked off and Huawei was among the first companies to unveil its devices at the event. The company unveiled the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus at the event as part of its 2017 flagship smartphone line up. These two smartphones take over from the Huawei P9 that was launched last years and was the first phone from the company to feature a dual camera setup. The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus pack some impressive specifications as you would expect from a flagship smartphone but are not expensive as devices from Samsung and Apple. Huawei…

In a month or two, Samsung will be unveiling its 2017 flagship smartphone. This year, there will be two variants, the standard Galaxy S8 and its bigger brother, the Galaxy S8 Plus. We have seen a couple of photos of this device before but now we have a full list of specifications that reveal what the phone will be all about. The list was shared by seasoned tipster, Evan Blass, and sort of confirms some of the features we had heard the Galaxy S8 Plus will come packing. Starting with the display, the leak reveals that the Galaxy S8 Plus…

In 2016, Google released its new chatting application, Allo. Ever since the chat service was launched, it has been available on mobile only but that might change very soon. Google has just revealed that Allo chat service will soon be available for desktop users. This was announced by Google vice-president of communications Nick Fox and means that if you use Allo, you will not have to have your phone with you all the time. Google Allo has been around since May 2016 and is still not considered a mainstream chatting service. Bringing a desktop version might help get more people…

If you are on Android, you may have at some point used the Google Messenger app on your phone. This messaging app comes preloaded in most Android phones even though some manufacturers always include their own messaging applications. Google Messenger has just received a major update that has seen its name change to Android Messages. This is probably the biggest news about the update as there is no major change in terms of functionality. “A new name! Messenger is now Android Messages, the messaging app built for Android,” this is what the change-log for the update states. There is not…

Instagram is making some changes to its platform to allow users to fit multiple images and videos in one post. We heard about something like this a couple of weeks ago as some users who had Instagram beta reported seeing the feature on their apps. Instagram has just pushed out an update that has seen this feature roll out to all users. The update started rolling out today and you should be able to get it by heading to the App Store or Google Play Store. With the updated app, you will be able to add up to 10 photos…

A few years ago, Facebook wanted to buy Snapchat but the deal did not go through. With this, Facebook thought it was a good idea to incorporate some Snapchat features on its platforms. The company already did this last year when it introduced Instagram Stories, a clone of Snapchat Stories. This did not end there as currently another Facebook owned platform, WhatsApp, is introducing a new feature inspired by Snapchat Stories. The company calls this WhatsApp Status and it builds on the existing status option available on the messaging platform. With the older status, you could only post a text…