Mobile Phones

Huawei Mate 30 gets its launch date, confirmed as 19 September

We can now finally begin the countdown to the Huawei Mate 30 series launch. The company on Sunday revealed the launch date for the…

Huawei South Africa confirms its next two phones will run Android, no word on Mate 30

Huawei pushed a rather late press release on Friday, stating that at least two of its next smartphones launched in South Africa will run…

Nokia crushes the Android updates game as others couldn’t care less

An aspect of smartphones we don’t cover enough of is manufacturer software updates, but it seems that the likes of Nokia, Samsung, Xiaomi and…

Samsung Galaxy Fold to launch in Korea on 6 September, no word on SA date

The Samsung Galaxy Fold could launch as early as next week, a report straight from South Korea suggests. Said report, which stems from publication…

The Apple iPhone 11 launch event is set for 10 September 2019

Apple’s September event date is now confirmed, thanks to press invites that were sent out to media on Thursday. On 10 September, Apple will…

Huawei Mate 30 won’t have Google services or the Play Store installed at launch

The Huawei Mate 30 could be severely crippled at launch, thanks to US President Donald Trump, the US government, and Google. In a report…

The €450 Fairphone 3 is probably the greenest phone you can buy

Fairphone, the company that values ethical smartphone manufacturing practices, has announced its latest device. The Fairphone 3 is the firm’s first phone since 2016,…

Archos Oxygen 68XL wants to make the corner notch a thing

The notch be a 2018 fad that’s slowly making way for pop-up cameras and in-display selfie snappers, but some firms just can’t seem to…

Big leak: is the ‘Huawei Mate X’ the company’s foldable smartphone?

Huawei may have just inadvertently let one out of the bag, and a big, foldable one at that. According to an image of a…

Huge leak: Sony Xperia 1 flagship, three other phones leak ahead of MWC

Well, there goes another surprise. Sony is the latest company to suffer from a huge info leak just prior to its MWC 2019 press…

Samsung Galaxy Fold hands on: foldable smartphones are finally here

Foldable smartphones are officially here. Samsung on Wednesday announced its new Galaxy Fold, a device that kicks off the tsunami of bendable, transforming devices…

Sony’s simplifying its naming scheme with the royal purple ‘Xperia 1’

According to serial leaker Evan Blass, Sony is set to simplify its confusing smartphone nomenclature with its latest flagship. The Sony Xperia XZ4 will…

Samsung’s most expensive Galaxy S10 phone will cost R35999

Hate it or, well, hate it, but smartphone prices are inflating like a helium balloon in South Africa. Samsung on Wednesday revealed the pricing…

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus vs Galaxy Note 9: did Samsung just kill the Note?

Dear smartphone user, you’ve been put into a horrifying position today thanks to Samsung. The company on Wednesday launched its Galaxy S10 Plus, a…

Confirmed: Huawei P30 will be unveiled at a Paris launch in March

Huawei has announced that it will officially launch its P30 smartphone at an event in Paris this March. In a tweet, the company coyly…

Everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10e and S10 Plus

This week opens the year’s most frantic smartphone launch period. Before the month is through, we’ll see devices from Sony, LG and Nokia, just…

The Xiaomi Mi 9 could be 2019’s most beautiful smartphone

The Xiaomi Mi 9 was only supposed to be unveiled next week, incidentally on the same day as Samsung’s Unpacked event. But not to…

You can now reserve your Samsung Galaxy S10

If you’re in the United States and hungry to get your hands on an upcoming Samsung Galaxy device, you can now reserve your device….

Gallery: Hands on with the LG V40 ThinQ’s five cameras

Thankfully, the South African market will retain one of its smartphone competitors in 2019. LG South Africa isn’t going anywhere, and its commitment to…

Energizer set to launch 26 smartphones at MWC 2019

It’s weird when hip-hop artists suddenly become small business investors, or when car manufacturers make phones and fridges, right? Well, it’s also pretty strange…

3 phones we can’t wait to see at MWC 2019

The world’s biggest annual smartphone expo is now just a few weeks away. MWC is like Christmas in February, but for smartphone journalists and…

iPhone 11: 3D camera tech in development

You can’t just have one camera on a flagship smartphone anymore, and even more so if your company’s name is Apple. Now that modern…

Huawei P Smart 2019 arrives in South Africa for R4999

The Huawei P Smart 2019 is heading to South Africa, the company announced on Thursday. The 2019 edition is the follow up to 2017’s…

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