Mobile Phones

Yep, Vodacom reveals Smart Platinum 7 and six other devices

True to our story on Monday, Vodacom has revealed the Smart Platinum 7, being the first high-end Vodacom-branded smartphone. The handset features a Snapdragon 652 processor,…

LG replaces mobile executives after low G5 sales – report

LG has replaced several key executives in its mobile division after the G5 (review) failed to meet sales expectations. The company told the Korea Times that it…

Gorgeous ‘Huawei P9’ image actually taken using R48k Canon DSLR

Huawei’s social media department is under fire today thanks to a rather beautiful photograph. The image of a woman holding her hair in fading…

Details revealed: Smart Platinum 7 is Vodacom’s new high-end phone

Local network Vodacom has teased a new high-end smartphone in its portfolio, reportedly scheduled for a reveal on 5 July (tomorrow). Fortunately, the teaser clip,…

Motorola will return to South Africa before the end of 2016

A new report from MyBroadband suggests that Lenovo-owned Motorola will relaunch in South Africa after a long hiatus. According to Lenovo Africa’s MD Graham…

OnePlus, ASUS & Lenovo: 6 new smartphones that pack 6GB of RAM

Thought 3GB of RAM was a ridiculous amount? Then you might not want to hear that 6GB of RAM is actually a thing this year….

Huawei Mate 8 conversational review: a fat, phat phablet

Review by Hadlee Simons with additional words by Andy Walker. We really liked the Huawei Mate 7, offering a massive battery, solid performance and…

Redbull HD charges into the mobile market

Red Bull is the master of branding and has conquered virtually every market of cool. However with its recent foire into the mobile world,…

Android phones that will enhance your love life

In August of 2010, OkCupid.com released some vital industry statistics: iPhone users were having more sex than users of any other smartphone brand. BlackBerry…

BlackBerry vs iPhone? A tale of two smartphones

In November of last year, my phone contract was up for renewal and I got an… oh, to hell with it! Yes, I got…

1.5-million Windows 7 Phones sold in first six weeks

Microsoft has released its first sales figures for new Windows Phone 7 smartphones, saying more than 1.5 million of the handsets were sold by…

Are you looking for the best smartphone in the country?

According to Gartner, smartphone sales increased by 96 percent in the third quarter of 2010. Over 80-million of more than 400-million handsets sold over…

Google unveils Nexus S

Google has unveiled its second branded smartphone, the “Nexus S“, made by South Korea’s Samsung. Google said the Nexus S, which comes nearly a…

The hitch-hiker’s guide to the Samsung Galaxy i9000 S [Review]

The universe is a vast and ever-expanding entity of incomprehensible size. As one attempts to make sense of it, certain shapes take form that…

Blackberry Pearl 9105: Entry-level form meets high-end function

If you’re a BlackBerry purist, you might view the Pearl 3G 9105 with its T9-style keyboard as blasphemous; the result of an unholy union…

N8: Nokia almost delivers a really great phone

Let’s get right to the question you’re begging to have answered. Because if you’re not asking it, you’re probably already into iPhones or Blackberries…

Blackberry Curve 9300: the de facto entry-level smartphone?

Recently launched in South Africa, Research In Motion’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis had the following to say about the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300: “The majority…

Review: The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Style is a rare commodity in the cell phone world and is usually first to go in the quest to deliver a decent phone….

Review: The Blackberry Bold 9700 is all it’s cracked up to be

Hello, my name is Ryan and I have a problem. I have been struggling with this addiction for almost 2 weeks now and I…

Review: Nokia N900 – the ultimate Linux phone?

Can one truly have a pocket sized netbook and a phone in one package? Or does one function fall by the wayside in favour…

It’s all going wrong for the iPhone 4

The new iPhone 4, Apple’s latest installment of their acclaimed smartphone, seems to be having a less than ideal launch, with consumers around the…

New iPhone 4 is Apple’s ‘biggest leap’

Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed the new iPhone 4 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday evening, calling the redesigned gadget…

The Hero is a real threat to the iPhone

There’s a lot to be said for an instrument that reflects the word ‘Hero’ back at you when you turn it on. It’s a…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

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Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

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