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  The Samsung S20 FE 4G is the latest of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series smartphones announced in September and released November 2020. It is already available in Kenya with a retail price of Ksh. 63,999 The phone is largely seen as an alternative to it's highly priced siblings giving many Samsung lovers a chance to own a flagship device at an affordable price tag. With many flagship smartphones having a price tag well over Ksh.100,000, the Likes of Xiaomi and OnePlus have been known to provide competitive alternatives at much cheaper price, with a focus in the Ksh.50,000 to 70,000 price range. Most of their devices feature some of the latest and best flagship features including top notch processors, impressive camera performance and High Quality Displays. Knowing too well what the likes of Tecno and Infinix did to the once market giant Nokia, Samsung have moved in very fast to try and counter this invasive behaviour by introducing watered down versions of their flagship smartph...

  Launched In Kenya December 11 2019 together with Nokia 2.3, the Nokia C1 became one of the most affordable Android Go Smartphone in the country with an initial retail price of Ksh. 5,999.  The Nokia C1 was the first in the Nokia C series Smartphones since Nokia rebranding by HMD Global, though many mistakenly saw the phone as the immediate successor of the Nokia 1. Till now there are a number of Nokia C series Smartphones available in various Nokia key markets, including the Nokia C2, Nokia C3, Nokia C2 Tava, Nokia C2 Tennen, Nokia C5 Endi and the Nokia C1 Plus launched December last year. Since Nokia made a comeback to the Smartphone arena, we have seen a number of devices from the company largely made of feature phones, budget and mid-range devices with one or two flagship smartphones. However the major focus of the company is on the budget and mid-range segment with a long list of Smartphones as a proof. What stands out is their resolve to give us highly durable devices w...

  Unveiled  December 28th 2020 in China, the Mi 11 is now available Globally after it's Global launch on Monday 8th February via a virtual event. The Xiaomi Mi 11 is priced at around £700 with slight price variations depending on memory size and the store you're buying from.  The Mi 11 will have to battle it out with other flagship Smartphones already available in the country including the Samsung Galaxy S21 series and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. The Launch came just one month after the company Launched what is now considered the most affordable 5G Smartphones, The Xiaomi Redmi 9 5G Series. The Redmi 9 5G sold millions of pieces within hours since it's first launch November 2020. The Mi 11 takes over from it's predicessor the Mi 10 Launched February 2020. Xiaomi seem to have a tradition of announcing their next gen Smartphones every February, and the Mi 11 is no different. The initial China launch in December could have been a race to have the title of being the first pho...

  Unveiled  December 28th 2020 in China, the Mi 11 is now available Globally after it's Global launch on Monday 8th February via a virtual event. The Xiaomi Mi 11 is priced at around Ksh. 79,999 becoming one of the cheapest flagship smartphones. The Mi 11 will have to battle it out with other flagship Smartphones already available in the country including the Samsung Galaxy S21 series and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. The Launch came just one month after the company Launched what is now considered the most affordable 5G Smartphones, The Xiaomi Redmi 9 5G Series. The Redmi 9 5G sold millions of pieces within hours since it's first launch November 2020 and once it becomes available in the country you will get a 5G device for just under 25 K. The Mi 11 takes over from it's predicessor the Mi 10 Launched February 2020. Xiaomi seem to have a tradition of announcing their next gen Smartphones every February, and the Mi 11 is no different. The initial China launch in December could hav...

  Samsung Galaxy S21 Vs Galaxy S20FE. After it's launch on January 15th, the Samsung Galaxy S21 is now available for pre-order in many countries including Kenya, with an official country launch expected soon.  With a pre-order Price of Ksh. 119,999 at Jumia Kenya, it is clear that this is not a phone for every one, and it might be wise to first consider a number of alternatives before settling for one. Surprisingly enough, the Samsung Galaxy S20FE is one of the best Galaxy S21 are close Competitors with a number of similar specs with slight variations here and there. The S20FE was largely seen as a better alternative to last year's S20 series phones with slightly watered-down specs in order to bring it's price as low as possible without largely compromising on the overall S20 series experience. With a price of Ksh. 73,999 at Jumia, the Galaxy S20FE is half cheaper than the Galaxy S21, and in this article we are going to give you a detailed comparison of the two Smart...

  The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. One of the most critical spec of any Smartphone is the amount of RAM, since this is the main determinant of how fast and efficient your phone will be, the processor also playing a key role. The Smartphone RAM has been getting bigger and bigger with every flagship phone launched, and now we have a number of 16GB RAM phones in the market.  Although such an amount of RAM might sound like an overkill, it still feels good to know that you have a beast-of-a Smartphone that is hard to come by and comes with the best that you can come by. Most of these 16GB RAM phones are flagship devices with some of the best industry specs including huge internal storage, best display quality and top notch camera performance.  16GB RAM phones already released include: The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra. Asus Rog Phone 3. Asus Rog Phone 5. Aus Rog Phone 5 Pro. Black Shark 4 Pro. Lenovo Legion Duel Lenovo Legion Pro. Lenovo Legion Duel 2. Lenovo Legio...

  The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro Various Smartphone brands announce their new phones every now and then with some  becoming immediately available in the country while others taking months to begin selling in Kenya. You can get a phone for almost every price you desire, beginning with cheap feature phones, entry-level smartphones, budget Smartphones, mid-range as well as flagship phones that cost well over a 100K. Of all the Smartphone price segments the most competitive in the country is the 10-20 k, with a number of brands doing their best to dominate this budget smartphone segment which is apparently the one with high demand. In order to make your hustle of getting a new phone much easier, we have listed some of the best under 20k smartphones you can get right now in Kenya and while we did our very best we admit that this might not have captured all the phones available in the market. There are a number of factors to consider when buying a new phone, the most important being th...