Mobile Phones

More than 90m smartphones will be sold in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019

Global smartphone sales will top 1.5-billion in 2019, but it’s sub-Saharan Africa where the major smartphone sales growth can be found, according to data…

Get to know the Galaxy Note 10’s dongle a bit better before launch

If you’re in line to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 when the curtains are raised on 7 August, you should know something: there…

Apple’s iPhone slides, Samsung leads in global smartphone market share race

Apple’s iPhone is hanging on by its fingernails to its title as the world’s third biggest smartphone maker, as Chinese smartphone makers close in,…

Here’s how your favourite smartphone makers fared in Q2 2019

Some of the world’s biggest smartphone makers released quarterly and half-yearly financial earning reports in the past week, exposing how sales fared in the…

Gallery: get a better look at Huawei’s pop-up camera flaunting Y9 Prime 2019

Huawei, last week, and rather silently, announced that its Y9 Prime 2019 mid-range smartphone is available in South Africa. Yet another Huawei mid-ranger, you…

10 steps, tips and tricks for setting up your Hisense H30

For R5999, the Hisense H30 poses a real problem for mid-range smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy A50 and Huawei P30 Lite. It’s a device…

Google Pixel 4 confirmed with Project Soli sonar tech and face unlock

Google on Monday revealed several new features coming to its Pixel 4 smartphone, including Motion Sense and an iPhone-like face unlock system. For Motion…

Samsung Galaxy A9S introduces the five camera phone to China

Alongside the launch of the first smartphone that bears its name that it didn’t bother making itself, Samsung this week also launched the Galaxy…

The Galaxy A6S is the first Samsung not made by Samsung

Samsung has this week launched two new smartphones specifically for the Chinese market. One, however, is of particular importance for an interesting reason. Dubbed…

6 weird and wonderful Huawei Mate 20 Pro features that caught my eye

It takes a lot for me to sit up and take notice of a smartphone. And no, I’m not talking about flashy events with…

Huawei Mate 20 Pro gets its SA launch date and price

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro will sell for R18 999 in South Africa, the Chinese company announced on Tuesday at its launch event in…

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro can be unlocked by your doppelganger

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is arguably the phone to beat in 2018, at least on paper. Beyond its underscreen fingerprint reader and machine…

The cheapest new iPhone will cost R15999

The new iPhone XR might be the cheapest of Apple’s 2018’s smartphone lineup, but it will still retail for R15 999 in South Africa….

Huawei Mate 20, 20 Pro and 20X are now official

Huawei unveiled three devices at a swanky event in London last night, including two familar devices with the Mate moniker, and another slightly different….

Google Pixel 3, 3 XL will gain external microphone support

Google has confirmed that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will gain external microphone support. IsaacOnCamera, a Google employee on the Pixel User…

Sony Xperia XZ2 range is getting its Android Pie update

Android 9.0 Pie’s rollout is slower than a, well, a pie rolling down a hill, but some companies are pushing updates to their devices…

Samsung Galaxy A9 features four rear cameras, five in total

The Samsung Galaxy A9, and its five cameras, are now official. Because more is better in Smartphoneworld, the Korean manufacturer has stuck four cameras…

Razer Phone 2 could be 2018’s sleeper hit flagship smartphone

The gaming phone may be the latest smartphone fad to snuggle up to consumers in 2018. And perpetuating that movement is Razer. Generally known…

Google’s new Pixel 3 is all about the AI

This week’s Google event introduced the company’s latest smartphones and other devices, with the company finally revealing the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL. The…

LG V40 ThinkQ is now official

This week LG officially launched the V40 ThinQ – its smartphone with five cameras. In fact, the company calls this camera system “revolutionary” with…

Huawei Y9 (2019) debuts with huge 6.5 inch notched screen

Huawei’s Y series now has a big new member. The budget range of the Chinese phone maker hasn’t really had any exciting prospects on…

So here’s what each of the five LG V40 ThinQ’s cameras can do

With five cameras, the LG V40 ThinQ is set to be a smartphone photographer’s pocket knife heading into the latter stages of 2018. But…

A weird bug is stopping iPhone XS, XS Max from charging with their screens off

Apple’s iPhone have been plagued by some daft bugs and flaws over the years. Bendgate is perhaps the most iconic, but it wasn’t an…

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

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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