Author: Kaluka wanjala

These days, it seems like we have an app for everything. With this, we are bound to download way more applications that we did a couple of years back. You can always delete some of the apps you are not using but in some cases you need almost all the apps on your phone and uninstalling the ones you use on a regular basis is not an option. Even though there are smartphones with up to 512GB of internal storage space, not everyone is willing or able to afford such. When it comes to smartphones, the bigger the internal storage…

If you are looking for a smartphone between Ksh 15,000 and 20,000, you may have come across the new Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 and the Tecno Camon 11. The Camon 11 was launched in the country late last year and is available from Ksh 15,000. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 on the other hand is available for Ksh 17,999. Since these two phones are direct competitors, I have decided to compare them to help you decide which one is perfect for you. The Huawei Y7 Prime and Tecno Camon 11 have almost similar specifications and knowing which of the two…

Xiaomi’s Android Go smartphone, the Redmi Go, is coming to Kenya and will be available exclusively through Jumia. This has been revealed after the two companies, Xiaomi and Jumia, signed a partnership that will see the ecommerce company list Xiaomi products on its platforms. Xiaomi products are already listed on Jumia but the signing of this partnership agreement makes the relationship official. The partnership agreement was signed by the two companies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As a result of this, Jumia will open the Mi official store on its platforms across 14 countries in the continent. Opening…

If you are on Instagram, you have probably used its story feature and if that is true, you may have looked at the statistics to see who has seen what you have posted. These stats are important as you want to know if people are actually viewing your Stories and in some cases you need to actually know who these people are. Instagram has let people see who has viewed their Stories but the Facebook-owned company is making some big changes. Even though you can still see who has viewed your Stories, you will not longer see the viewer list…

If you use Google Duo and have pictured a world where you can use the service not only through the app but through a web browser, you may be in luck as this option is now available. Google Duo has been around since August 2016 and the search giant has been trying to push it to more users as it competes with Apple FaceTime among other services. Since its release, Google Duo was limited to its mobile app but the company has introduced ability to use it on a web browser. Google did not make a big deal out of…

As appetite for data keeps rising, players in the industry have to try all they can to stay ahead of competition and give their customers what they can’t get from other players. For Safaricom, staying ahead of competition was to deploy a 400G network link and that is what the company has just done. The company has announced this deployment making it one of the first companies to do so globally. With the 400G link, Safaricom will be able to support heavy data usage brought about by increased video consumption as well as demand for higher video quality for its…

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei unveiled the world’s first 5G foldable smartphone. Yes, I know 5G is still not mainstream and we may not really need foldable smartphones at this time but the launch of this phone is all about competition as different manufacturers want to outshine each other. Samsung already unveiled its foldable smartphone last week and now Huawei has joined the party with the Huawei Mate X. The company says this is the fastest 5G foldable smartphone. We have to take their word for this as we have not conducted any tests and we will not…

The Infinix Zero 6 Pro is finally coming to Kenya and will be available for Ksh 31,999. The phone is available on pre-order through Jumia and Kilimall from today all the way to the 28th of this month. The phone has not been listed on Kilimall but will be there very soon so keep checking back for that. This is a very short pre-order period and to ensure you take part, the company promises 12 months’ glass protector replacement, a goody bag and stand of winning another Zero 6 Pro to anyone who pre-orders the phone. In Kenya, we are…

At a pre-MWC event, HMD Global took to the stage to unveil five new phones for 2019. The company introduced phones for all price ranges from a feature phone to an entry level smartphone all the way to a flagship smartphone. The company still promises two major updates for the Android powered smartphones on this list and timely monthly security updates for the next three years. The five phones HMD unveiled to the world are the Nokia 210, Nokia 1 Plus, Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2 and the flagship, the Nokia 9 PureView. Florian Seiche, Chief Executive Officer, HMD Global said:…

Infinix is set to launch its next camera-centric smartphone in a day or two. The company has been teasing this smartphone in its social media pages revealing some of its specifications. The Infinix Zero 6 was to be unveiled late last year but that did not happen for reasons unknown to us. The company pushed the launch date to January but that also was pushed to a later date. Given that the Infinix Zero 6 is launching soon, I have compiled a list of what I know about this smartphone so far. The company has not been very generous with…