Author: Kaluka wanjala

A few weeks ago, we told you that Xiaomi had plans to officially enter the Kenyan market through its distributor, Mobile in Africa. The first two Xiaomi devices that Mobile in Africa will be bringing to Kenya are the Xiaomi Redmi 2 PRO and Redmi Note 2. I have been using the Redmi Note 2 for a while now and I believe I have a better understanding of what it offers. Read More: The Xiaomi Redmi 2 PRO and Redmi Note 2 Will Go On Sale in Kenya This Week The recommended retail price for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2…

Huawei has never been a huge fan of QHD displays and its CEO Richard Yu once said that it is not easy for the naked eye to tell the difference between QHD displays and Full HD displays and that is why the company did not adopt such displays. Even the company’s latest flagship, the Huawei P9, has a Full HD display (1920×1080 pixels) as other manufacturers are using higher resolutions. Not very many people have complained about the Full HD displays on Huawei phones but there are those who saw this as a deal breaker. It looks like Huawei will…

E-commerce in Kenya is still growing and some of the key players in the industry such as Jumia are noticing this. As you expect, most people using e-commerce platform, Jumia, are in Urban areas but surprising enough, people in rural Kenya are also using the service a lot. Jumia recently conducted an internal survey on how people are using its site and the company realized that deliveries to people in rural Kenya had gone up significantly. The company compared its latest figures to where it was a few years ago and clearly things have changed. Back in 2014, urban traffic…

Tecno is about to launch its fourth tablet, the Tecno DroiPad 8II, in two consecutive years. The other three tablets from the company are the DroiPad 7Cs, DroiPad 8H, WinPad10. Tecno seems to be one of the few manufacturers that is serious about tablets. The tablet market in Kenya is still very small as this is probably why you do not see as many tablets as there are smartphones. Even with that, there are still companies such as Tecno that are really trying to capture this market.  As I have mentioned above, Tecno will soon be launching the DroiPad 8II…

Microsoft has not had a good start in 2016 as the company only managed to sell 2.3 Million smartphones within the first three months of 2016 ending March 31. This is a very small number for a big industry player such as Microsoft when you compare it to the figures Android manufacturers are posting. Read: Xiaomi Reportedly Sold Over 14.8 Million Handsets During Q1 of 2016 To make things worse for Microsoft, the 2.3 Million Lumia units sold last quarter represent a drop from 8.3 million units that the sold during the same period last year. This is a drop…

Earlier this month, Huawei unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphones, the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. These are the two premium smartphones from the company but just like last year, the company had an affordable version, the P9 Lite that was not announced at the event but has been announced now. We have been hearing about this phone a lot the last couple of weeks and the specs are exactly as we had expected. This phone was certified by the Chinese telecommunication authority TENAA yesterday and this indicated that it was to be launched soon. Read: Specs of the Huawei P9…

Samsung and Apple have never been the best of friends but the two companies always find time to do some business when it comes down to that. The two companies may end up doing some business again next year according to the South Korean press. It is reported that Samsung and Apple have reached an agreement that will see Samsung supply Apple with 100 Million OLED panels to use on its iPhones. The deal is reportedly valued at $2.6 billion and this will be very strategic for Samsung since the Korean company is already supplying Apple with OLED panels used…

Facebook has today announced that it is rolling a new group calling feature to its messenger platform. This new feature allows you and 50 of your friends to a call together at the same time. This is a VoIP-based group call through the Facebook Messenger app. Starting group calls is very easy and all you need is to tap on the phone icon in a group chat and select the friends you want to be in a group chat with. Messenger will then ping all of them at the same time to be on the call. If for some reason…

Early this month, Huawei officially unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9. As Huawei was announcing the P9, it also announced a much bigger version of this phone, the Huawei P9 Plus. This is similar to what the company did last year but what most people noticed was that a smaller version, the Huawei P9 Lite, was missing from the list. Rumors and leaks about this phone had suggested that there was to be the ‘Lite’ version which we didn’t see at the launch event. Soon after the launch of the P9 and P9 Plus, we started seeing new…

If you are using Windows 10 Mobile, you may (or may not) already know that the version you are using is a 32-bit one. This is the version out there right now but things are about to change very soon. Microsoft has sort of confirmed that there is a 64-bit Windows 10 Mobile that is under development and will be released very soon. Read: The Microsoft Lumia 550 Review Microsoft revealed that a 64-bit Windows 10 Mobile version is in development when it published a feature on Dave Cutler who has been responsible for developing some of the company’s most…