Author: Kaluka wanjala

Besides being one of the top smartphone manufacturers out there, Samsung also supplies some smartphone components to other manufacturers. OLED smartphone displays are just some of the components the company supplies to other OEMs and the company is dominating that subsector. According to industry statistics, 91.3 million OLED displays were shipped during the first three months of 2016. This is quite a huge figure and even though there are some displays that went to TV manufacturers, most of them were used on smartphones. Out of the over 91.3 million OLED displays shipped, Samsung Display shipped 86.7 million of those. Samsung…

Back in 2014, Apple unveiled its first smartwatch, the Apple Watch, to the world. This smartwatch did not offer anything different from what was available on the market and not many people, even Apple diehard fans, got it. The smartwatch is very expensive and considering that it doesn’t offer much, it is not the best value for your money. Since September 2014, Apple has not said anything about the next smartwatch and this can be an indication that the market isn’t mature just yet. We were expecting Apple to unveil its second generation smartwatch in March this year but that…

Samsung has an event scheduled for August 2nd and we expect the company to unveil its next Note device, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. It is rumored that Samsung plans to skip number 6 as it goes directly to 7 with it next Galaxy Note device. For the last few weeks, we have been seeing rumors and leaks about the Note 7 and you should expect this to be the case as we get close to its launch (August 2). For security, we are hearing that Samsung plans to include an Iris scanner on the Galaxy Note 7. We heard…

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…