Author: Kaluka wanjala

A couple of hours ago, I told you that Tecno was preparing to launch its next flagship smartphone, the Tecno Phantom 9 in Kenya in July. At that point, the company had not confirmed this but we now have the officially confirmation. Tecno has confirmed that the Phantom 9 will be launched in Kenya in the 2nd week of July. “After taking a brief hiatus, the Phantom series is back. It’s now bigger and better and ready to exceed the complex demands of our customers. We love it when our customers challenge us, and the next Phantom is all about…

Last year, we reported that Tecno was not considering having a mew Phantom series as it focused on its Camon series and other devices. The had no plans of releasing a Phantom smartphone in 2018 but that will change in 2019. We do have information that the next Tecno Phantom device will be unveiled in the country next month. At this point I do not have information about its specifications but what I have heard is that it will have a triple camera setup at the back. This is not new in the smartphone space but will be a first…

Even though not many people have seen or used Goole Go, it is a well-known application for those who use Android Go devices. Google Go is a trimmed down version of the Google app that you get pre-installed on any Android phone. Google Go is pre-installed on Android Go devices, all of which are made for the low-end market segment. If you peep at the Google Go download numbers on the Google Play Store, you will notice that it has crossed the 100 million downloads mark. This is significant and shows the progress of Android Go as this app comes…

Huawei’s latest smartphone, the Y9 Prime 2019 is up on pre-order in Kenya through e-commerce platform, Jumia. You can get this phone for Ksh 25,000 and those who pre-order it get a free Bluetooth headphone. The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is not to be confused with the Y9 2019 from last year, this new one is the Prime version. The one unique feature of the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is the pop-up selfie camera. This is not the only smartphone with a pop-up selfie, there is also the OPPO F11 Pro that is available for a much higher price of…

Safaricom has today announced the availability of VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) through its network. It becomes the second telco in the country to roll this out after JTL with its Faiba4G product. As long as you have a 4G SIM card and a 4G smartphone that supports VoLTE, you are good to go. Not all smartphones support VoLTE but a good number of them from Nokia, Huawei, Tecno, Samsung e.t.c do. If you meet these requirements, enable VoLTE on your device under settings to get started. Some phones have this option enabled but for others you will have to do…

Every year, financial institutions lose millions of shillings due to fraud. Most of these institutions do not publicly report many of these cases but industry insiders know it is happening and will continue happening for years to come. To address this, Safaricom has today unveiled a new fraud intelligence solution made for financial institutions. Safaricom says banks, insurance firms and micro-finance institutions can use this tooL to reduce fraud incidences targeting their customers. This will be possible as this tool will help determine the authenticity of a financial transaction. “Through the years, we have developed in-house capabilities that have helped…

Telegram is updating its platform to make it easier for individuals to add people to their contact list. The latest update brings version 5.80 of Telegram for Android and iOS. With the update, we get several useful features that you may appreciate. The first major update makes it easier to add people to your contact list by using the People Nearby feature. As the name suggests, you can use this to add people near you and this is a more simplified way to go about that than what was available before. For it to work, both parties have to be…

The Huawei P30 Lite is one of the best smartphones you can get in Kenya for less than Ksh 30,000. I have had this phone for a few months now and have been using it ever since. It does outshine its competitors with its premium design and build quality and amazing cameras. When the Huawei P30 Lite was launched in Kenya, it was available for Ksh 30,000. This was a reasonable price and still is considering what the phone has to offer. Most people I have shown the phone to thought it costs more than it actually does. If you…

Dark mode seems to be the new wave with smartphone apps and mobile OS in general. We have seen a number of apps get dark mode over the years and most popular ones out there have some sort of a dark theme. Even iOS and Android are getting system wide dark mode with the one for Android rolling later this year with the release of Android Q. Google is also adding dark themes to most of its mobile apps and the next one on the list in Gmail. The latest Google apps to get this dark treatment include Google Calendar…

An interesting thing about most third-party UIs made by the Chinese smartphone makers is that they lack an app drawer. This has changed over time but a few years back, most of them did not have an app drawer as the companies behind these launchers wanted to replicate the iOS experience and if you know anything about that, then you know it lacks an app drawer. One of the UIs that has never had an app drawer is Xiaomi’s MIUI. This has been the company’s standard UI on all its phones and it is safe to say its fans have…