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Apple is expected to officially unveil its 2016 flagship smartphone, the iPhone 7 in September this year and this means that we have less than two months till its official launch. With this in mind, you should expect to see leaked photos and specs of this phone as we get close to its launch date. Last week we saw a seven-second video that did not reveal much about the phone. This week, we have yet another video showing us how it compares to the iPhone 6S that was launched in 2015. This latest video is about two and a half…

If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen out coverage of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 pulled from the various leaks and rumors doing rounds online. We have pretty much shared everything about this phone but without official confirmation from the company, we can never be sure it is 100% correct, things can change between now and when the device is launched. We expect Xiaomi to officially launch the Redmi Note 4 on July 27 and this means that any leak we see between now and then is probably what we will see when the phone…

Xiaomi is one of the fastest growing smartphone manufacturers out there. The company is known for its affordable devices that come with specs you expect to find on premium devices. Xiaomi has always been compared to Apple as most of its smartphones borrow a lot from the American company and the company has even been accused of copying Apple’s marketing plans. With its smartphones doing very well, the company has plans to other sectors and one of them is the laptop market. The company already has smart bikes and smart rice cookers on the market so rumors about it planning…

Andela has today announced the appointment of Wambui Kinya as its Chief Strategy Officer. With over eighteen years’ experience in digital, mobile marketing and technology consulting, Kinya will spearhead Andela’s partnership strategy in Africa and ramp up the company’s efforts to recruit technical leadership across the continent. This follows Andela’s $24 million Series B funding, announced last month, led by Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with participation from GV, formerly Google Ventures. “As Andela launches into the third quarter with incredible momentum, we are thrilled to welcome Wambui to the team,” says Christina Sass, co-founder and COO of Andela. “She…

Microsoft is currently working on a new intelligent camera app for iOS devices. This new app will be called Microsoft Pix and when you use it to take photos, it automatically picks the best version of the photo and enhances it to ensure your shots are the best they can be. When you tap the shutter button to take the photo, the app goes through a number of shots that were taken right before the shutter was tapped and those that were taken after you tapped on the shutter to determine the best image. This allows you to capture the…

The next device under the Galaxy Note series is currently in production. This device, the Galaxy Note 7, will take over from the Galaxy Note 5 which was unveiled last year. The Galaxy Note 7 will be launched on August 2 at an event in New York so you should expect to see more leaks and rumors about it as we get close to that date. So far, we have seen and heard pretty much everything about this phone and the most recent one suggested that Samsung has plans to make it slimmer compared to the Note 5. We even…

Apple is about to launch its next smartphone, the iPhone 7 so you should expect to see rumors and leaks about it from now till its officially launched. The latest leak comes inform of a video that gives us a look at what the phone is all about. We have seen photos of the phone but this is the first video so it’s most definitely not photoshopped. The video was initially posted on Chinese social site, Weibo, and was later uploaded to YouTube by TechTastic. The 6 second video is not in the best quality so you should not expect…

We have seen many smartphones from Tecno this year but the one I have been waiting for is the flagship, the Phantom 6, that will be launched very soon. I used the Phantom 5 last year and was impressed so am excited to see how Tecno tops it. As for what the company is planning with the Phantom 6, am getting information that there will be two variants, the standard Phantom 6 and the Phantom 6 Plus. Am still yet to get the screen size of the standard Phantom 6 but the Phantom 6 Plus will have a bigger 5.95…

LG is about to expand its smartphone lineup this September with the release of a new device. The company is reportedly working on a successor to the LG V10 (pictured above) that was unveiled in October last year. This smartphone has been on the market for almost 9 months but here in Kenya the company started marketing it a few weeks ago. Back to the successor to the V10, Korean website, ET News, says that it will be called the LG V20 or V11. The publication is reporting that the phone will be launched in September which will be about a…

Microsoft has been having a difficult time getting manufacturers to use its Windows Phone platform. This means that the number of devices on the platform has reduced and so consumers don’t have a bigger selection to choose from. This has meant that those who do not like the Windows devices on the market have no option but to go with either Android and iOS. With fewer people using Windows on their smartphones, developers are not encouraged to create apps for the platform as it just doesn’t make any business sense. This then affects those already using the platform as they…