Author: Kaluka wanjala

OnePlus is one of the fastest growing smartphone manufacturers that has taken the market by storm. The company is known for its affordable smartphones that come with high end specs you expect to find on premium devices. The latest device from the company is the OnePlus 3 which was launched two days ago and comes with 6GB of RAM and is retailing for $399 (approximately Ksh 40,000). Besides the premium devices it has, OnePlus tried to make an affordable device last year that it called the OnePlus X. This was sort of an experiment for the company to see if…

Maintaining a steady growth is one thing that most smartphones manufacturers struggle with. This is as a result of increased competition in the space that has seen many new entrants come in and upset the established brands we have known for years. As other manufacturers see their sales go down, one company that is having a very good year is Huawei. The company unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9, back in April this year and it went on sale a few weeks later. The Huawei P9 is doing quite well as the company is reporting that 2.6 Million…

If you thought that Samsung was going to support its flagship devices only, you are dead wrong. The company will support its flagship devices with new updates but also has plans to support some of its mid and low end devices. The Galaxy J5 (2015) is one of the first lower mid-range devices that the company is updating with Android Marshmallow. The Galaxy J5 is one of the best affordable smartphones of 2015 so it is not a surprise to see Samsung supporting it. This is an OTA (Over The Air) update that some users in India have seen. Of…

For a few months now, we have been seeing rumors and leaks about the OnePlus 3 smartphones. we have seen so much about this smartphone that we knew everything about it before it was launched, probably this was the worst kept secret of 2016 as nothing about it was a secret. OnePlus has finally decided to launch this phone and it sure is a beast. The phone was actually launched yesterday and is quite an impressive one. It has a premium design that looks like that of the HTC One M8 to some extent. Its screen (Super AMOLED) is 5.5…

Yesterday, Xiaomi officially unveiled the Redmi 3s smartphone which is an updated version of the Redmi 3 which was launched back in January this year. The new Redmi 3s is a lot similar when compared to the original Redmi 3 with a few improvements here and there. This is not the first variant of the Redmi 3 as the company unveiled the Redmi 3 Pro a few months ago. Some of the improvements of the Redmi 3s include the Octa-core Snapdragon 430 processor which is better than the Snapdragon 616 processor found on the standard Redmi 3. The Redmi 3s…

If you have Facebook Messenger for Android, you will from today be able to send and receive SMS messages directly from the app. This was announced by Facebook yesterday and is quite convenient for users as there is no need to move away from the Messenger app whenever you get a text message. This is not the first time Facebook is introducing this feature on Messenger, it was available a while back but was removed a few weeks after that. The company said that people were not using the feature and that is why it was removed. It seems like…

The Microsoft Lumia 950 was one of the first Lumia smartphones to come with Windows 10 Mobile. The phone was announced back in 2015 together with the Lumia 950 XL and the Lumia 550. The Lumia 950 and 950 XL are the flagship devices while the Lumia 550 is the entry level option. Besides being the first Windows 10 Mobile device, the Lumia 950 is also the first flagship Lumia smartphone in close to two years. I have been using the Lumia 950 for close to two weeks as my main phone and I believe am in a better position…

During Mobile World Congress 2016 (February 22), Samsung officially introduced its 2016 flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The reception was very good and within the first two days of the device hitting the market, it managed to sell over 100,00 units. Sales figures have been rising ever since and by April 4, over 9 million units had been sold. This is very impressive for a smartphone company and especially for Samsung, a company that has faced stiff competition in the smartphone market as more and more manufacturers enter the market. It looks like Samsung is looking at…

Yesterday at WWDC 2016, Apple officially unveiled the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 10. iOS 10 is bringing with it a ton of new features including an updated lock screen, Siri, 3D Touch and photos. These are all good changes but the one thing that Apple has done with this OS update that gets people excited is the ability to delete pre-installed apps. If you don’t know, pre-installed apps are the apps you find on your phone when you set it up for the first time. On some Android devices, users were able to uninstall these stock…

lineup is made up of the standard ZenFone 3, the ZenFone 3 Ultra and the ZenFone 3 Deluxe. The ZenFone 3 Deluxe stood out from the rest as it comes with 6GB of RAM, a Snapdragon 820 processor, a 5.7-inch display and an affordable price tag. Besides the Asus ZenFone 3 smartphones, the company also introduced three new notebooks. The three devices under this lineup include the ZenBook 3, Transformer 3 and Transformer 3 Pro hybrid PCs. According to Asus, the ZenBook 3 is targeting the premium market segment. The laptop is worth its price and Asus compares a few…