Mobile Phones

MTN’s R249 smart feature phone is now available in South Africa

It took a few months, but MTN on Monday finally announced that its KaiOS smart feature phone, the MTN Smart S, is now available…

Nokia X71 launches with company’s first punch-hole selfie camera

Nokia’s first smartphone with a punch-hole selfie camera is now official. Dubbed the Nokia X71, the glass sandwich made its debut in Taiwan on…

Honor 10 Lite vs Honor 8X: which would you get, South Africa?

Honor on Wednesday unveiled its new device to South African audiences in the form of the Honor 10 Lite. Given its numerical “flagship” name,…

Honor 10 Lite lands in South Africa in April for R4599

The congested South African mid-range smartphone market on Wednesday received a brand new competitor. Honor, the “brother” brand to Huawei, announced availability and pricing…

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is hitting South Korea on 5 April

The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, the company’s first phone with 5G support, is set to launch on 5 April. According to Korean sources quoted…

This is the Samsung Galaxy Fold showcased in a new leaked video

We’ve had the chance to play around with the Samsung Galaxy Fold back in February, but were unable to capture the device in images…

Huawei P30 Pro’s underscreen fingerprint sensor spotted in the world’s shorted video

Talk about being coy, there’s nothing more coy than publishing a phone leak in looping GIF format. Speaking of which, Greek publication Techblog (via…

Miss all the MWC 2019 news? Relive the conference here

Happy Smartphone Christmas, ahem, I mean, MWC 2019 everyone! Our live blog, like the conference itself, has come and gone. We’ve enjoyed every minute…

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 Pro debuts in India with more nut-cracking specs

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled its upper mid-range challenger in the form of the Redmi Note 7 Pro. The phone, which looks awfully similar to…

Samsung’s eUFS 3.0 is set to make your future phone’s storage a lot faster

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 was the first phone to feature the fast eUFS 3.0 (embeded Universal Flash Storage) standard, but now the company has announced…

South Africa’s getting the ‘slower’ Samsung Galaxy S10 variant, benchmarks suggest

If you couldn’t care less about benchmarks and actually use your smartphone as a phone, this news probably won’t apply to you. But if…

Sony Xperia 1 is coming to SA in July with Xperia 10, 10 Plus and L3 in March

We’ve some good news for Sony fans. For a while many believed that the company was set to pull out of South Africa, citing…

ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G is proof the Chinese company is alive and well again

ZTE, the Chinese smartphone maker seemingly back from near-death, has debuted its first 5G smartphone at MWC 2019. Dubbed the Axon 10 Pro 5G,…

Energizer’s Power Max P18K Pop smartphone has a 18000mAh battery

Smartphone makers have officially lost their minds this year. Foldable devices, 5G support, crazy camera arrays. You name it, we’ve seen it at MWC…

Gearburn’s MWC 2019 smartphone power rankings

We’re barely into day two of MWC 2019 and already, we’ve seen a slew of new flagship smartphones from almost every big manufacturer. So…

Samsung Galaxy A30, A50 mid-rangers get big feature improvements

With all these foldable smartphones and talk of 5G, you’d easily forget that there’s actually a mid-range and budget smartphone segment. On Monday, Samsung…

Sony Xperia 1 sports 21:9 4K OLED screen, three rear cameras

Sony on Monday officially revealed its new 21:9 aspect ratio smartphone assault team, targeting the mid-range and flagship sectors. First up was the Sony…

LG debuts V50 with 5G, second screen attachment, and G8 with ‘Hand ID’

LG failed to livestream its MWC 2019 event on Sunday, leaving a slew of people in the dark. But thankfully, nothing groundbreaking or bendable…

It’s official: the Nokia 9 PureView’s insane five-camera array is here

The Nokia 9 PureView is finally, finally official, the company’s product head Juho Savikas announced on Sunday. With its five cameras, the device looks…

HMD Global announces Nokia 210, Nokia 1.1 Plus, Nokia 3.2 and Nokia 4.2

HMD Global on Sunday announced a number of devices set to arrive for consumers in 2019. Nokia 210 This is the company’s most affordable…

Official: This is the Huawei Mate X, the company’s first foldable phone

The Huawei vs Samsung rivalry is back in full swing. And we’re absolutely loving it. Today, the Chinese company debuted its foldable smartphone, the…

Huawei Mate X foldable phone leaks (again) hours before MWC 2019 event

We’re less than two hours away from Huawei’s MWC 2019 presser, but already, the big surprise has been spoiled. Once more. Twitter user Lazar…

Xiaomi’s Snapdragon 855, triple-camera Mi 9 will cost €449

Update: At the company’s MWC 2019 conference today, Xiaomi finally gave us a European price for the Xiaomi Mi 9. The device, the first…

Chrome 74 update is now available for Windows 10, dark mode included

Instagram releases new quiz feature for Stories

Snapchat is on the rise again, thanks to new Android app

World Bank to invest $50m toward building up Egyptian early-stage investment network

Ghanaian consumer retail solutions startup KudiGO raises in $450k seed round led by Founders Factory Africa

African tech startup community pays tribute to Matthew Buckland

Google Pixel 3a showcased in tweeted image leak

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

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

The connected car, satellites and the hybrid connectivity of the future [Sponsored]

Gallery: This is the new 2020 edition Subaru Legacy

Ram 1500’s new tailgate splits in multiple directions