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  The much awaited infinix hot 8 has finally launched today in India for RS 6,999 which is approximately Ksh.10,144. The phone which Leaked last month launched today and now takes offer from the Infinix hot 7 pro as the flagship of the Hot series. The hot series is Infinix budget smartphone series well known for it's revolutionary specs including big displays, huge batteries and lovely sleek designs at an affordable price. Other Infinix phone series are the youth focused S series, the Note Series and it's flagship Zero Series. All this phones have seen a huge success each released phone making alot of sales. However, the Hot series is the most enticing since it gives it's users a chance to own a phone with the latest smartphone technology at a very affordable price usually within the Ksh.10,000 mark. The Hot series have gained a lot of following since the hot 3. The Infinix Hot 8 is a dual SIM phone with 4G LTE support something we strongly suggested it our earlier post t...

  Nokia 7.1, is one of Nokia's android phones released October 2018 and has a retial price of around $110 though the phone is no longer widely available. The Nokia 7.1 is the first Nokia phone to featurea pureview display. Runs on android 9.0(pie); an upgrade from android 8.1(Oreo) Is powered by Snapdragon 636 with an octa-core 1.8 GHz CPU. Currently retails @ Ksh.27,550 at Jumia. The phone has a number of exciting features including a good display. Though the phone has a lot of similarities to the Nokia 6.1, it has some extra features that put it slightly above hence the slightly higher price. Apart from the Snapdragon 636 processor, the phone holds the title as the first Nokia phone to use a pure view display, the second being the 8.1. Nokia 7.1 Pros And Cons. Pros. Compact body design. Corning Gorilla Glass protection. Nice display Good cameras. Powerful Chipset Huge RAM. Cons: Average battery capacity. Hybrid dual SIM. Key features/Specifications . Released: October 2018. Netwo...

  Despite being a 2018 phone, the Nokia 5.1 Plus is still a competitive phone available in USA for around $169.99. The Nokia 5.1 runs on android 8.0(Oreo) upgradable to android 9.0(pie). Has a 5.86 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with HD display. It is powered by a Helio octa-core  p60 chip with a maximum clock speed of 1.8 GHz. The Phone is still available in a number of store  including Amazon at a price of USD 169.99 for the 3+32GB phone. The Nokia 5.1 plus is an upgrade of the Nokia 5.1 announced and released December 2018 months after the release of the Nokia 5.1. Though the plus version usually has better display and performance than it's predecessor, that might not be the case for the Nokia 5.1 plus and the Nokia 5.1. Below are the full specifications of the Nokia 5.1 plus.   Key Features/Specs. Launched: July 2018 Network Technology: GSM/HSPA/LTE. Sim type:  Hybrid Dual Sim Dimensions:    149.5 x 72 x 8.1 mm. Weight:    ...

  Announced May 29th 2020 together with the Nokia C2 Tennen and Nokia C5 Endi The Nokia C2 Tava with a price of $109.99 is another great entry level Smartphone from HMD Global that was excusively ment for Cricket USA. The C2 Tava just like the Nokia C2 Tennen has a more classical look that reminds us of the earlier Nokia Android phones with thick bezels at the top and bottom of the phone. It features a 5.45 inch IPS LCD screen with a HD+ display resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels the same as the C2 Tennen, Nokia C1 Plus and the Nokia C2, all entry level Nokia Smartphones. The phone is powered by a Mediatek Helio A22 chipset, an entry level processor that's mostly famous with low budget smartphones including the Infinix S5 and Nokia 2.1 among other budget phones. The processor is packed by 2GB RAM, quite enough for such a phone and you have an option to choose between 16 or 32GB of internal storage. The C2 Tava comes with Dual rear Cameras made up of a primary 8MP s...

  The Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 and the Nokia 5.4 are among the best budget smartphones currently available in the market, with the Redmi Note 10 slightly cheaper than the Nokia 5.4. Both phones are 4G LTE enabled and made of a Gorilla Glass 3 front, plastic back and a plastic frame. They also feature the punch-hole display design with Nokia placing their punch-hole at the top left while Xiaomi settles for a center-placed punch hole. However the Redmi Note 10 has a slightly much better Full HD+ display as compared to the HD+ of Nokia 5.4. Here is our detailed Spec comparison between these two great phones.  Xiaomi Redmi Note 10  vs Nokia 5.4 comparison. Redmi Note 10.            Nokia 5.4                                      Technology. 2G, 3G, LTE.                   2G, 3G, LTE.       ...

  Announced December 2020, the Nokia 5.4 became the immediate successor to the Nokia 5.3 announced March the same year. Despite a few diffrences here and there, the Nokia 5.3 and Nokia 5.4 have a number of similarities which in most cases can confuse the consumers. Despite the two phones having an almost similar display quality, the Nokia 5.3 has a much bigger screen of 6.55 inch compared to the 6.39 inch of the Nokia 5.4. However the Nokia 5.4 has a much more recent punch-hole design and is powered by a Snapdragon 662 processor which has a slightly higher clock-speed than that of the Snapdragon 665 in the Nokia 5.3. Here is our spec comparison between these two great phones from Nokia.  Nokia 5.3  vs Nokia 5.4 comparison.       Nokia 5.3               Nokia 5.4                                             ...

  Qualcomm have today announced their most advanced mobile System on cheap so far the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. This is a 64-bit 5nm fabricated system-on-chip based on the Arm Cortex-X1 technology expected to power next gen flagship devices begining third quarter of 2021.  Talk of 4K display quality, multicamera photo and video shooting, up to 8k video recording and playback, advanced wireless connections and multisim 5G conncetions as well as Multi-Frame game play, all these are just but a few of the features that this chipset is capable of. It's prowess however is the 3Ghz clocked Kryo CPU an upgrade from the2.84 GHz of the  Snapdragon 888 announced last year and which became a process of choice for all 2021 flagships from almost all major phone brands.  Likewise the new Snapdragon 888 Plus is expected to power a number of high end Smartphones from the third quarter of 2021 with a number of brands showing an interest in featuring this powerful chipset in their...

  The new M-Pesa app is now live and if for one reason or another you haven’t downloaded it already then you need to head over to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store right now and experience the future of money. The M-Pesa app was officially launched on Wednesday 23rd 2021 after months of testing. The launch marked a new milestone in Mpesa's as well as Safaricom’s journey so much so that it causes a major M-Pesa outage for some time. The issue was latter resolved and M-Pesa users got a chance  to experience this new revolutionary mobile money game changer. Right from the design, the look and functionality of this app, there’s no hiding the fact that Safaricom is now on a Global stage and is no longer a Kenya or Africa only affair. There are a number of revolutionary features in this app including the ability to carry out all transactions that we have gotten used with the traditional M-Pesa STK menu like buying airtime or sending money to other new innovative features like...

  The MediaTek Helio G95 is a mid-range gaming chipset released September 2020 as the successor to the 2019 Helio G90T. The G95 is a 12nm fabricated chipset with an Octa-core COU that has 2 high performance Arm Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.05GHz and 6 efficiency cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.0GHz. This is exactly the same arrangement in the Helio G90T as well and both have the same Mali-G76 MC4 GPU. However MediaTek claims that the G95 has a 5% improved CPU performance than the G90T and has a 8% improved GPU performance. This is because the G95 GPU has a clock-speed of 900MHZ as compared to the 820MHZ of the Helio G90T. The Helio G95 can support up to 10GB LPDDR4x RAM meaning many phones featuring this chipset will likely have 8GB RAM. It also has eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.1 storage type. The G95 also Supports a Full HD maximum display resolution of up to 1080 x 2520 pixels.  In the camera department it supports up to four cameras with an ISP of 24MP+16MP, 48MP,64MP. It can also record ...

All new and existing Telkom Kenya pre-paid customers are now entitled to free Internet data and call minutes for the rest of their life courtesy of a new product known as Madaraka Life. Telkom says that this new product is in line with the spirit of Madaraka and will reward their customers free 1GB mobile internet and 100 free on-net call minutes every month for the rest of their life after a one off Ksh. 100. New customers will be automatically enrollment to Madaraka life upon toping up Ksh. 100 during the registration of their new Telkom lines. The customers will then be able to enjoy the free 1GB data and 100 minutes Telkom to Telkom every month without paying any extra amount. The new subscribers will also get a Ksh.50 cashback to their T-kash Mobile money wallet after being successfully registered to the mobile money platform. If you are an existing Telkom user, all you need is to dial *444*58# to enroll to this new exiting offer. You will be required to top up Ksh. 100 airtime i...

  The Mi 11 Lite 5G is the latest of the Mi 11 series smartphones released March this year witha retail price of around Ksh. 63,800. It is a 5G variant of the Mi 11 and should not be confused with the Mi 11 Lite 4G. The Mi 11 Lite 5G us a great alternative to the more expansive Mi 11 and Mi 11 Ultra and becomes the first smartphone to feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G processor.  It features a 6.55inch AMOLED panel Wich can display up to 1 Billion colors and supports both 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+. It has a display resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels resulting in a pixel density of 402 ppi. This is a high quality display and you will definitely love watching movies and playing videos on this phone. The Mi 11 Lite 4G varainat has almost the same display quality but with 90Hz refresh rate instead of the 120Hz in this phone.   Measuring 169.5 x 75.7 x 6.8 mm the Mi 11 Lite 5g is one of the slimmest phones around at just 6.8mm thick. It is also very light weighing ju...

  If there'r two phones which is almost impossible to pick one o er the other they are the realme GT 5G and the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G. The two phone are within the mid-range segment with the base realme GT going for €540 while the Mi 11 starts at around £382. The two are the most affordable high performance smartphones with the realme GT featuring the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor while the Mi 11 sporting the new Snapdragon 780G. Both processors are 5nm fabricated, and while the Snapdragon 780G is largely seen as a light version of the Snapdragon 888 it is still a very powerful chipset that can handle multitasking and gaming pretty well. While we would go for the Realme GT based on processor power, the Mi 11 Lite 5G has a number of advantages of we the GT including a much more strong built and lovely design as well as improved Conncetivity. are  In this post we give you a detailed comparison between the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G and the realme GT 5G which are the two be...

  While Samsung Electronics prides itself of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra which is a statement of what Samsung has to offer as far as Smartphones are concerned, Realme on the other hand are very proud of their new acquired status as the Ultimate flagship Killer brand after the Launch of the realme GT.  With the Galaxy S21 Ultra priced at around $899.99 the Realme GT costs around $54 which is almost half the price of the S21 Ultra, and therefore might look quite unfair to compare these two devices. While you will have to do with a number of sacrifices if you settle for the realme GT instead of the Galaxy S21Ultra, it still feels amazing to note that these two devices share a feature that’s very critical in the smartphone world; the Processor. Both the Galaxy S21 Ultra (US version) and the Realme  GT feature the  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor In this post we compare the realme GT and the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Spec-wise so as to give you a detailed comparison of ...