Mobile Phones

Huawei P8 Lite 2017, P10 Lite, more to hit SA

We already know that the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are coming to South Africa on Friday. But the Chinese company also confirmed that…

Huawei P10, P10 Plus launch in South Africa

Huawei has launched the P10 and P10 Plus in South Africa, being available from Friday 12 May. The company previously confirmed the price of…

Xiaomi Mi Mix cloning continues with Elephone S8

Earlier this week, we reported on three Chinese smartphone brands who were unabashedly cloning the Xiaomi Mi Mix design. Now, we’ve got another phone…

Smartphones: what else should you expect in 2017?

The smartphone industry has seen a ton of high-profile launches already. We’ve had the LG G6, Samsung Galaxy S8, the Huawei P10 and a…

Your next phone could be powered by Snapdragon 660, 630

Qualcomm has officially revealed its latest round of chips, targeting budget and “upper-mid range” handsets. The Snapdragon 660 will target phone manufacturers who want performance…

An important note on our Huawei P10 SA launch coverage

We’re attending the South African launch event for the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus tomorrow (10 May), so we thought we’d bring you up…

Chinese brands are cloning Xiaomi’s Mi Mix en masse

Xiaomi’s Mi Mix is responsible for reigniting the high screen/body ratio trend sweeping the smartphone world. Featuring ever-so-tiny bezels and some innovative hardware solutions, Xiaomi’s…

Smouldering smartphones: a brief history of mobile phone fires and how to avoid them

Smartphones are a mixture of electronic circuitry and potentially volatile substances, or at least that’s what victims of spontaneous cellphone combustion believe. There’s a…

OnePlus One review: two good to ignore

OnePlus One are the words on every phone fanatic’s lips. Made by a new company that was later revealed to be wholly owned by…

Is Gionee’s 5mm thin GN900S the world’s skinniest smartphone?

Smartphones are starting to resemble compact discs with screens attached to them. The upcoming iPhone 6 for example, promises to be around 5.59mm thin,…

Alcatel One Touch Pixi review: cheap, cheery and useful

There’s something refreshing about the Alcatel One Touch Pixi. It’s a feature-rich phone that packs a great deal into its small frame, and by…

10 Samsung Galaxy S6 features we’d love to see

Samsung’s rolled out its flagship phone of 2014, the Galaxy S5 – a smartphone that will place a sales headlock on most of the…

Amazon’s Fire Phone: with Firefly, it scans and identifies real-world objects

The Fire Phone has just been unveiled and it seems like one big party of goodies. It has interesting features such as Firefly, which…

Amazon 3D phones, thin Kindles: what to expect from the #AmazonEvent

Amazon is releasing an awesome new device. According to the guinea pigs shown in a teaser video released last week, it’s also “super awesome,”…

Afrihost readying Zest T1 smartphone deal with 12GB free data

Afrihost, known as one of South Africa’s ISPs, has announced that it will offer the Zest T1 smartphone, coupled with 1GB mobile data per…

Mozilla to offer $25 Firefox OS-powered smartphones by year-end

While Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS compete at the higher spectrum of the smartphone market, Mozilla is aiming a little lower. So low, in…

6 mobile games for playing in short bursts

Even though the world is littered with gaming enthusiasts, not all of them are blessed with enough time to sink into the more long-winded…

Nokia Lumia 630 Dual Sim review: double the fun

The Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM is the first Windows Phone 8.1 based smartphone that is currently available in the market. But more importantly,…

Smart 4 Mini review: an affordable, efficient Jelly Bean smartphone

As I was set to retire my battered old handset, I was in the market for an affordable smartphone. That’s when Vodafone’s humble Smart…

LG G3 photos and specs accidentally leaked by LG itself

Tomorrow is the official launch day of the LG G3. So why then has the company decided to publish all photos and specifications a…

HTC One M8 review: old name, new tricks

HTC One was one of the most beautiful and sought-after smartphones from last year which taught us to focus on overall experience more than…

OwnPhone launches world’s first 3D printed braille phone

British company OwnPhone has launched what’s said to be the first phone in the world using braille as its primary user interface. Apart from…

Alcatel Idol S review: the budget Android phone that surprised me

When the Alcatel One Touch Idol S landed in my vicinity, I glanced at its curved edges with mixed feelings. I’ve spent quite a…

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