Mobile Phones

Mobicel Trendy 2 debuts in South Africa for R899

Local smartphone firm Mobicel on Tuesday announced a new “affordable LTE-enabled smartphone” called the Trendy 2. The successor of the Trendy now sports Android…

Huawei Mate 20 Pro overheats, prompts evacuation of British comedian’s show

If you thought Huawei’s bad month for PR couldn’t get any worse, it did this weekend. A performance by British comedian Jason Mansford had…

TikTok creator Bytedance is developing its own smartphone – report

The maker of China’s viral video app TikTok is considering making its own smartphone, according to a new report. Beijing-based Bytedance is said to…

Poll: would you still buy a Huawei smartphone after this week’s news?

There’s no doubt that Huawei has been put through the ringer this week. After the US government placed the company on a ban list…

Samsung’s 5x zoom smartphone cameras ready to go

Samsung’s set to challenge Huawei and Oppo in the optical camera zoom game. According to a report by SamMobile, the Korean firm’s 5x optical…

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 could feature a selfie camera hole in the top-centre of its screen

We’ve grown used to Samsung’s horizontal rear camera array and the small circular and oval cut-outs on the S10 range. But a new leak…

Mid-range match-up: which Huawei or Honor Kirin 710 phone should you buy?

Memes have sprouted about the love Xiaomi had for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, a chipset that found its way into more of the Chinese…

Samsung Galaxy S10e review: cute and compact, but by no means cheap

The Samsung Galaxy S10e is a problem for me. It’s not because it’s a terrible phone (it’s definitely not), but because it presents an…

Sony Mobile doesn’t think it’ll sell many phones in 2019

Sony Mobile is dying a slow, agonising death. While Sony itself is doing just fine, buoyed largely by its thriving PlayStation business, its smartphone…

Huawei P Smart Z could be its first phone with a pop-up camera

Leaked specs and renders of a future Huawei device suggests that the company could be ditching the notch in favour of a pop-up selfie…

iFixit deletes its Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung’s request

In the wake of the Samsung Galaxy Fold screen debacle, iFixit has pulled down its detailed teardown, or technical deconstruction, of the device. Published…

Google Pixel 3a showcased in tweeted image leak

Following the March leaks of Google’s forthcoming mid-range Pixel, serial leaker Evan Blass on Tuesday published new pictures of the smaller, cheaper Pixel 3a….

Update: Samsung Galaxy Fold to launch in South Africa ‘mid-May’

After reports of delays and review sample recalls and no confirmed revised global launch date, Samsung South Africa on Tuesday revealed that it plans…

Samsung wants its Galaxy Fold review units back from celebs, reviewers

Samsung is retrieving all of the review Galaxy Fold devices it handed out to YouTube personalities, influencers, and journalists, a report by Reuters suggests….

48 hours with the shimmering blue Honor 10 Lite

Cheap and cheerful smartphones are heading back to South Africa in abundance this year. Samsung and Huawei are leading the charge in the lower-mid…

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…

Spotify now allows advertisers to target ads based on podcasts you listen to

Bolt has launched Bolt for Business in South Africa

Apple’s tvOS 13 update will include picture-in-picture mode

Meet the 10 startups selected for Grindstone Accelerator’s fifth cohort

Twenty startups on Explore 10X initiative prepare to pitch for AlphaCode Incubate

Sub-Sahara Africa is top market for Inclusive Fintech 50 winners

Fallout 76’s ‘Nuclear Winter’ battle royale sneak-peak to remain open

Apple expected to release 5G-supported iPhones in 2020

48 hours with the Sony Xperia L3

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals