Mobile Phones

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…

Leak: This is the Nokia 1, Nokia 7 Plus

MWC 2018 is just over a week away and we know HMD Global will be there. Now, we have a better idea of what…

Hisense to launch two phones in South Africa next month

Chinese tech firm Hisense might not have much of a smartphone presence in developed markets, but it’s certainly got a presence in South Africa,…

MWC 2018: what to expect from world’s biggest mobile expo

It’s almost time for the annual smartphone extravaganza that is Mobile World Congress (MWC), as everyone from Alcatel to ZTE gets in on the action….

After Huawei and Apple, ARM is next with mobile AI processor

Chip designer ARM crafts the technology powering all smartphones today, whether it’s the instruction set or the CPU cores, the UK company is behind…

HMD’s Nokia smartphones sold more than Sony, Google, OnePlus – report

HMD Global has enjoyed a rather successful first year with Nokia-branded smartphones, in no small part due to affordable price tags and the Nokia…

Budget Hisense smartphone leaks: what is it? [Update]

A few weeks back, we reported on the existence of the Hisense P9, being a rugged device that popped up on China’s TENAA regulatory…

Huawei P Smart now official in SA, but how does it compare to rivals?

Last week, we got wind of the Huawei P Smart coming to the country this month, essentially being a P10 Lite with a dual-camera…

After 3310, 3 whacky Nokia models HMD could resurrect

The new Nokia 3310 is an overpriced feature-phone riding on the coat-tails of the 3310 name — that much is clear. But the company…

Ouch: Essential Phone sold 88 000 units in 2017

The Essential Phone showed a lot of promise, offering mostly stock Android, some great specs and a lovely design. However, a mediocre camera and high…

LG V30 2018 now official, but what kind of AI trickery does it have?

Late last month, we got confirmation from an LG South Africa executive that an upgraded V30 was in the pipeline for Mobile World Congress…

Snapdragon 845 benchmarked: how does it compare to rival chips?

The Snapdragon 845 is the chip expected to power dozens of flagship smartphones, from Samsung (well, in the USA) to LG, HTC and Sony….

Meizu E3: iPhone X-style budget device leaks on China’s TENAA

Meizu has already revealed one major phone this year, in the form of the M6s, packing a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and mid-range Samsung Exynos…

LG V30s to launch at MWC 2018 – report

A few weeks ago, we got confirmation from a local LG executive that an upgraded LG V30 would be launched at MWC 2018. “We…

Hacker brings Windows 10 ARM to Lumia smartphone

Windows 10 Mobile was a bit of a disaster for Microsoft, to say the least. Between the Android/iOS duopoly, app gap and the ridiculously…

Android Oreo: Update comes to Galaxy S8

Android users generally have to wait a while to get the latest update, with Samsung being no exception. Fortunately, it seems like the firm…

Xiaomi’s goal? Regain top spot in China ‘within 10 quarters’

2017 saw Xiaomi bounce back from a rather tumultuous 2016, as it clawed back marketshare and delivered a ton of growth globally and in…

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

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