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  Oppo have Launched their latest A series smartphone the Oppo A54 priced at Ksh. 20,499 and expected to be available in the country soon. This budget phone features typical specifications of a budget Smartphone consisting of a HD+ display, a Mediatek Helio P35 processor and a 5,000 mAh battery. The Oppo A54 has a 6.51 inch IPS LCD screen with a HD+ resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and a pixel density of 270 ppi. This is almost the same display quality of a 10K phone and there is nothing out of ordinary here when it comes to the display. It is powered by the Mediatek Helio P35, a chipset that was initially ment for mid-range phones but is now seen as a budget chipset. This is the same processor in a number of 2019 and 2020 phones including the Tecno Phantom 9, Infinix S5 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy A21 among other phones. Unlike many phones that come with a number of memory variants, the Oppo A54 is available in only one memory variant of 4GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage making it o

  Xiaomi have finally launched their first foldable phone, the revolutionary Mi Mix Fold with a price tag of approximately Ksh. 166,440. As expected of Xiaomi the Mi mix Fold has a number of industry firsts and is an all round foldable phone that is hard to pinpoint it’s weaknesses among it’s many pros. It is has an internal display of 8.01 inch which according to Xiaomi is Industry largest display on a foldable phone. It is the World’s first Smartphone with Quad speakers with a true panoramic surround sound that’s 40% lounder than the Mi 10 Pro thanks to a 15v smart PA. It’s also the World’s first Smartphone with Liquid lens that uses human eye AI technology instead of traditional lenses. This revolutionary camera lens combines the power of two lenses in one; the macro lens with up to 3x zoom and the telephoto with up to 30x zoom. The 8.01 inch internal flexible OLED has a WQHD+ resolution with 1Billion colors. It also has a 60Hz refresh rate, 120Hz touch sampling rate and HDR10+ supp

  Vivo have launched the Vivo Y30G, a budget Smartphone with a retail price of Ksh. 24,999. It becomes the latest of the Y30 series with the Vivo Y30, Y30 Standard Edition and Y30 Chinese Edition already available in the market. The Y30G features a 6.51 IPS LCD screen with HD+ resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9 pixels. The display Quality of this phone is as basic as it gets, typical of any budget smartphone with a pixel density of 270 ppi. Despite the basic display, the phone is beautifully designed with a minidrop notch that houses a 8MP selfie camera. The top and side bezels are very slim with a thick notch at the bottom that is well curved out thus doesn’t affect the overall look of the phone. At the back is a rectangular camera module that houses a dual camera setup consisting of a primary 13MP camera and a 2MP depth sensor. Knowing too well that many phones at this price range come with either Triple or Quad cameras, Vivo added a third circle just below t

  Xiaomi have Launched their best smartphone ever; the Mi 11 Ultra with a retail price of around Ksh. 153,999 in Kenya. It features some of the best specs expected of a high end flagship smartphone that closely rivals other industry leaders like the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The Mi 11 Ultra is nothing but amazing and will give other flagships a hard time in the market.   Right from the design, the display, cameras and performance, the Mi 11 Ultra has everything expected of a top flagship phone and some of it's own first ever specs including the dual displays something other high end phones like the Oppo Find X3 Pro, OnePlus 9 Pro and the Galaxy S21 Ultra can't come close to. This phone becomes the first non foldable phone to have dual displays made of the normal front display and a secondary display at the back of the phone.  The Primary display is a 6.81 AMOLED panel with 120 Hz refresh rate, 1 Billion colors and a QHD resolution of 1440 x 3200 pixels as well as a pixel density of 515

  OnePlus have launched their best Smart ever, the OnePlus 9 Pro. Being a 2021 flagship device, the phone comes with a number of high end specs including the Snapdragon 888 Chipset, a QHD LTPO dynamic AMOLED display and a 65W fast charger. Not being the first phone to feature Wich high end specs, the phone is not the only one at the top spectrum, and has a number of close Competitors and rivals. One of these is the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra released early this year, and in this post we have closely compared the OnePlus 9 Pro Vs the Galaxy S21 Ultra to see how the two flagships fair side by side. Design . While the OnePlus 9 Pro measures 163.2 x 73.6 x 8.7 mm, the S21 Ultra measures 166.1 x 75.6 x 8.9mm, both phones are quite huge with the same 20:9 aspect ratio. The OnePlus 9 Pro is however slimmer than the S21 Ultra by 0.2mm. It might look so small a difference, but such level of slimness will have a huge compromise on other specs especially the battery capacity. The overall effect is

  Announced March 23rd this year, the OnePlus 9 Pro becomes the most advance OnePlus smartphone ever joining other flagships already released this year including the Xiaomi Mi 11, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, Oppo Find X3 Pro and the Vivo X60 Pro+.   The OnePlus 9 Pro price currently starts at around $1069.99 joining the league of other flagship phones at this price tag including the Samsung Galaxy S21.  The phone features a 6.7 inch LTPO Fluid 2 AMOLED display with 1 Billion colors. It has an amazing QHD display resolution of 1440 x 3216, almost the same as the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Xiaomi Mi 11. It also supports 120Hz dynamic refresh rate that can automatically adjust between 1 and 120 Hz better than the 10 to 120 Hz of the Galaxy S21 Ultra.  This is a high quality phone display by any standards and the 525 ppi pixel density is among the highest ever in a smartphone display. The HDR10+ also adds to the overall quality and the 1300 nits maximum brightness ensures you can comfortably use t

  Announced March 23rd this year, the OnePlus 9 Pro becomes the most advance OnePlus smartphone ever joining other flagships already released this year including the Xiaomi Mi 11, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, Oppo Find X3 Pro and the Vivo X60 Pro+.   The OnePlus 9 Pro is expected to retail at Ksh. 102,999 joining the league of other flagship phones at this price tag including the Samsung Galaxy S21.  The phone features a 6.7 inch LTPO Fluid 2 AMOLED display with 1 Billion colors. It has an amazing QHD display resolution of 1440 x 3216, almost the same as the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Xiaomi Mi 11. It also supports 120Hz dynamic refresh rate that can automatically adjust between 1 and 120 Hz better than the 10 to 120 Hz of the Galaxy S21 Ultra.  This is a high quality phone display by any standards and the 525 ppi pixel density is among the highest ever in a smartphone display. The HDR10+ also adds to the overall quality and the 1300 nits maximum brightness ensures you can comfortably use this

  Released may 2020, realme Nazro 10 is a budget phone with a retail price of Ksh. 18,499 in Kenya. It features a 6.5 inch IPS LCD screen with an HD+ resolution, the same display quality with a number of phones at it's price range including the Infinix Note 8 and Note 7. It also spots a 5,000 mAh battery with 18W fast charge and a Quad rear camera setup with a 48MP primary camera. Realme Nazro 10 Pros and cons: The Phone has a sizable 6.5 inch display that's big enough for watching videos and playing games. The display also has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The Mediatek Helio G80 is a food processor for a phone at this price, and is the same processor in a number of similarly priced phones like the Infinix Note 8, realme 6i and the Xiaomi Note 9. The realme Nazro 10 has enough memory size made of 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. There's also an option to expand it using an external SD card, but will have to give up a secondary Sim for the memory card. The phone c

  Realme C3 is one of the few realme budgets phones available in Kenya at a retail price of Ksh. 15,999. It was announced and released February 2020 by the phone manufacturer realme.  Seen as the successor to the Realme C2 , this phone has a surprisingly close resemblance to the realme Nazro 10 A both phones having a number of similar specs including the same screen size, display resolution and the same battery among other Specs. The C3 features a 6.5 inch IPS LCD screen slightly bigger than the 6.1 inch of it’s predecessor the C2. It has a display of 720 x 1560 pixels and a pixel Density of 264 ppi as well as an aspect ratio of 20:9. This is also the same with the realme Nazro 10A. The phone was the first to feature the Mediatek Helio G70 processor, an entry-level gaming chipset that has gained a lot of traction in the budget Smartphone segment with a number of phoned including the Infinix Note 7, Infinix Hot 10 and realme Nazro 10A already powered by this Processor. The 12 nm Octa-co

  The Vivo X60 Pro is one of the three Vivo flagship smartphones launched March this year with a retail price of around £1070 for the 12+256GB storage variant.  The X60 Pro is the successor to last year’s Vivo X50 Pro, both phones having a number of similarities including the same screen size, same display resolution and almost the same design. However the Vivo X60 Pro has a number of improvements from it’s predecessor including a 120HZ dynamic refresh rate and a much more powerful Snapdragon 870 5G processor. The X60 Pro was announced March 22nd this year together with it’s sibling the X60. The other one is the Vivo X60Pro+ which was announced January this year. While all the three phones have the same display quality, the Pro+ version has some beefed up specs including the famous Snapdragon 888 which is currently the best Qualcomm chipset ever built and first featured in the Xiaomi Mi 11 announced December last year. On the other hand the X60 is seen as the little sibling but with th

  The Vivo X60 Pro is one of the three Vivo flagship smartphones launched March this year with an expected retail price of Ksh. 88,177 once it becomes available in the country. The X60 Pro is the successor to last year’s Vivo X50 Pro, both phones having a number of similarities including the same screen size, same display resolution and almost the same design. However the Vivo X60 Pro has a number of improvements from it’s predecessor including a 120HZ dynamic refresh rate and is powered by a much more powerful Snapdragon 870 5G processor. The X60 Pro was announced March 22nd this year together with it’s sibling the X60. The other one is the Vivo X60Pro+ which was announced January this year. While all the three phones have the same display quality, the Pro+ version has some beefed up specs including the famous Snapdragon 888 which is currently the best Qualcomm chipset ever built and first featured in the Xiaomi Mi 11 announced December last year. On the other hand the X60 is seen as

  Announced March 22nd, Vivo X60 is one of the three Vivo flagship devices announced this year with an expected retail price of Ksh. 71,000. The X60 is the successor to the X50 released June last year and both have a number of similarities except for some few upgrades. The X60 features a 6.56 inch AMOLED display with a Full HD + resolution of 1080 x 2376 pixels. This is the same screen size and display resolution as it’s predecessor as well as the Vivo X60 Pro and the X60 Pro+. However unlike the X50 which had 90Hz refresh rate the X60 features a 120 Hz refresh rate that can be switched to a dynamic refresh rate of between 60 and 120 Hz. It also Supports HDR10+. This is a top notch display quality that is more than good enough for a phone at it’s price tag and you will definitely love watching movies and playing games on this device. The X60 ships with Android 11 atop Funtouch 11.1, and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G processor. The 7nm chipset is a powerful 5G processor w