Mobile Phones

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,…

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A91 to sport 108MP camera

Earlier this year, Samsung announced no less than seven new Galaxy A series phones that would arrive in South Africa in 2019. We’ve seen…

Energizer HardCase H500S preview: a surprisingly good rugged smartphone

Nearly two years have passed since the Energizer HardCase H500S launched globally, but only recently has the device been offered in South Africa. Like…

Samsung Galaxy A30s, A50s feature better cameras, new colours

Samsung on Thursday announced two additions to its extensive A Series lineup, the Galaxy A50s and Galaxy A30s. The two upgrades to the A30…

These 17 Nokia smartphones will get Android 10 by Q2 2020

HMD Global’s Nokia has announced its release roadmap for Android 10. After Google announced that it would be dropping its dessert codenames for its…

LG unveils its mid-range K40S and K50S smartphones ahead of IFA 2019

LG’s been pretty busy this year launching more smartphones than most of its rivals, and two more are set to make their debut this…

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…

Samsung announces 1TB eUFS storage for smartphones

Samsung has begun producing its first embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) with 1TB storage capacity. This means that future Samsung devices, and possibly others…

Smartphone shipments tank by 14% in China, Huawei leads

Smartphone shipments in China have slowed for a second consecutive year, research firm Canalys revealed in a report. In total, smartphone shipments in China…

Ackermans launches its own R1499 smartphone

South African retailer Ackermans has launched its own smartphone. Dubbed the Premio X1, its the first in the company’s new line of exclusive handsets….

Leak suggests Nokia 1 Plus has slightly better specs than its non-Plus brother

The Nokia 1 is set to receive a “Plus” version, according to a listing spotted by leakers TigerMobiles. The device will run Android 9.0…

Huawei P30, P30 Pro details leak

The Huawei P30 series will be all OLED according to information from China. Spotted by Android blog PlayfulDroid, the news published to QQ, suggests…

LG V40 ThinQ coming to South Africa for R12 500

The LG V40 ThinQ will be available in South Africa from 7 February, the Korean company announced on Tuesday. Some notable features includes a…

Meizu Zero is a phone that has no holes, no buttons

At the end of 2017, we saw a needless fad take shape. More and more Android phone manufacturers were placing needless buttons on their…

LG G8 will have two screens, thanks to an attachment

LG refuses to launch anything close to ordinary, and according to a new report, the LG G8 smartphone will stick to this trend. CNET…

Apple debuts $129 battery packs for new iPhones

Apple launched something big on Wednesday, but it’s not a new iPhone. Instead, it’s an attachment designed to snap onto the company’s current crop…

3 phones under R500 that will run WhatsApp in SA

Some smartphone users really don’t require the fanciest materials, multiple rear cameras, silly notches or the fastest processor. Instead, all they need is a…

Samsung Galaxy M series to launch in India on 28 January

You’re probably familiar with Samsung’s flagship S series, it’s larger Note series, and even possibly its A series (above) of mid-range devices. But now,…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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