Mobile Phones

Samsung Galaxy Fold arrives in South Africa for R44 999

Nearly six months after it was initially set to launch, Samsung on Thursday announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Fold in South Africa….

Wish the Galaxy Note was more ‘affordable’? Samsung has a plan

If the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is just too damn expensive for you, the Korean company may have a cheaper solution incoming. According to…

Energizer Energy 100: the tough feature phone arrives in South Africa

Energizer’s 2019 smartphone onslaught on South Africa is not over by any means. And if anything, it seems that the company’s only just getting…

HMD Global’s Nokia is pushing Android 10 to its first smartphone today

HMD Global is pushing Android 10 to its first Nokia smartphone today, but it’s not the flagship Nokia 9 Pureview. Instead, the Nokia 8.1…

Essential’s Project GEM is an incredibly loooong Android smartphone

While companies are frenzied over foldable phones, Essential is heading in a completely different direction. The firm, which was founded by ex-Googler Andy Rubin,…

Russia’s Caviar redesigns the iPhone 11 Pro and makes it deliciously expensive

People give Russia a lot of crap in 2019, but give them this one: they’ve managed to design a more beautiful version of the…

iFixit’s new Galaxy Fold teardown: the flexi-phone is near-unrepairable

After the initial teardown was taken down by iFixit earlier this year, the repair firm is back with its second teardown of the Samsung…

Samsung delays its foldable phone launch until ‘further improvements’ are made

For those patiently waiting for the beginning of the foldable smartphone revolution, it seems that Samsung’s going to make you wait a little big…

Reviewers’ Samsung Galaxy Fold phones are breaking days before launch

Samsung could be looking at its biggest smartphone build quality issue since the Galaxy Note 7 (or the phone that should not be named,…

Intel will not make the 2020 iPhone’s 5G modem

Intel is bowing out of the 5G smartphone modem race altogether, the American chipmaker announced in a brief statement on Tuesday. The company will…

Apple, Foxconn to begin mass production of iPhones in India this year

Foxconn, the chief manufacturer of the iPhone among other devices, is planning mass production of Apple’s latest smartphones in India. According to a report…

Samsung Galaxy A20e proves that ‘compact’ phones are here to stay

Seemingly not content with adding more than seven new smartphones to its A series lineup, Samsung late last week, alongside a plethora of other…

Samsung Galaxy A80 hands-on: smartphone design gone beautifully mad

Let no one tell you that 2019 was a boring year for smartphone tech or design. This year we’ve had the breakthrough of underscreen…

From A2 Core to A80: making sense of Samsung’s new Galaxy A smartphone line

Now that Samsung’s Galaxy J series is dead and buried, the company has reordered its Galaxy A series. What used to be known as…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and 665 chipsets arrive for upper mid-range phones

US chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday announced the introduction of the Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 665 chipsets, which will power the next wave of upper…

Future Samsung phones could ditch the Bixby button entirely

The Bixby button has long been the source or pain for some, but the button — not the voice assistant — may be facing…

Samsung Galaxy S10e vs Huawei P30: which ‘cheaper’ flagship should you buy?

You may find yourself looking at the Huawei P30 series lineup and the Samsung Galaxy S10 lineup and thinking, “Clearly the P30 Lite is…

Gartner predicts 30 million foldable phones will be sold by 2023

As many as 30-million foldable smartphones could be in the hands of consumers by 2023, making up 5% of the premium smartphone segment, research…

My first 48 hours with the Huawei P30 Lite

It’s raining devices this week. Vying for my SIM cards’ attention this time, it’s the Huawei P30 Lite, the smartphone that arguably dragged Huawei…

Samsung Galaxy S10’s ultrasonic fingerprint reader fooled by a 3D-printed fingerprint

There hasn’t been much good news about the Samsung Galaxy S10 and its authentication methods recently. Earlier this year, its facial unlock system was…

The five-camera Nokia 9 PureView will cost R12 999 in South Africa

At some point in the future we may well get a smartphone covered entirely by camera lenses. But for now, you’ll have to settle…

Huawei P30 Pro will cost R18 999 in South Africa, arrive 5 April

There’s not much secrecy behind the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro at this point, especially since the devices’ premiere in Paris last week. But…

My first 48 hours with the canary yellow Samsung Galaxy S10e

As the saying goes, size matters. But in the case of smartphone users, it’s not always the largest devices that get the most love….

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