Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Back in February, Asus released a list of some of its smartphone models that it plans to update to Android Marshmallow this year. The smartphones he company plans to update to Marshmallow include the Zenfone 2, Zenfone 2 Laser, Zenfone Max, Zenfone Selfies, Zenfone Zoom among others. A few months after it made the announcement, Asus went ahead to update the Zenfone 2 Laser and the Zenfone Max. The company is still committed to updating its other 2015 devices and is currently rolling out Android Marshmallow to the Zenfone 2 ZE551ML and ZE550ML. The Zenfone 2 was announced back in…

At this point, you may have heard so much about the yet to be announced OnePlus 3 smartphone that you probably know everything about it. We have seen many leaks and rumors about this smartphone the last few months and now we are just waiting for the official unveiling to confirm what we have seen and heard. The phone may be unveiled later today so we may not have to wait any longer to finally see it. This “flagship killer” will take over from the OnePlus 2 that was an impressive device with premium specs and an affordable price tag.…

Besides the many Huawei branded smartphones you may have seen on the market, the company also has the Honor brand that consists of affordable devices with quite some amazing specs. You may have not seen many Honor devices locally as the brand mainly targets users in China and a few countries in Asia and when they make their way to international markets, the do so under the Huawei brand. Back to Honor, Huawei has expanded the lineup with the Honor 5A smartphone which was launched in China. Zhao Ming who is the head of the Honor brand said that the…