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Sony is the latest to ditch MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears

Sony will no longer attend MWC 2020 as coronavirus fears spread through the tech industry. The Japanese smartphone maker issued a statement on Monday,…

LG and ZTE will not attend MWC 2020 due to coronavirus fears

Tech giants LG and ZTE have pulled out of MWC 2020 in Barcelona later this month due to coronavirus fears. Both firms made their…

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…

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…

Mediatek CTO Kevin Jou on Qualcomm comparisons, AI chips, more

Mediatek has changed its strategy for 2018, following a rather bruising 2017 at the high-end of the market. We first got word of the…

Gallery: the MWC 2018 smartphones you may have missed

From Sony and Samsung to LG and Huawei, there are loads of recognisable names at MWC every year, but the huge event also plays…

MWC: Is a Nokia smart speaker coming this year?

This week saw HMD reveal its latest range of Nokia phones, in the form of the new Nokia 8110, Nokia 1, Nokia 7 Plus…

LG V30s ThinQ now official: is it same as V30?

Earlier this year, we got confirmation that LG will be launching an upgraded V30 smartphone at MWC 2018. Now, on day zero of the…

Gallery: This is the Land Rover Explore Phone

We’ve seen beverage giant Pepsi release a smartphone, why not a car company? Answering that question this week is Land Rover. The Land Rover…

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….

4 big smartphone surprises of MWC 2016

Samsung greatly improved the Samsung Galaxy formula with the S7. LG took a bold new leap into the modular unknown with the LG G5….

Xiaomi Mi 5: cheap as chips, gorgeous design

Don’t look now, but that “Made In China” tag just got a brand new look. At MWC 2016, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi unveiled its…

MWC 2016 live blog: the best MWC ever?

Barcelona is this week the epicenter of the world’s mobile technology enthusiasts as MWC 2016 slowly awakes from its near-year slumber. And what a…

Sony Xperia X series sports flagship-killing specs, ‘that’ 23MP camera

It’s raining smartphones in Barcelona this week, but we haven’t seen too much wearable tech. Well, Sony changed that emphatically at its conference today,…

Special Podcast #13: we talk Mobile World Congress 2016

This week we bring you yet another edition of Special Podcast, as the Garburn team discusses the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016) in…

Lenovo debuts dirt-cheap, impressive Vibe K5, K5 Plus smartphones

Lenovo, or more accurately, the fourth most prolific smartphone manufacturer of 2015 (according to Gartner), has announced its two new budget smartphones — the…

Samsung Galaxy S7: everything the S6 should’ve been

In a kiss-and-make-up session in Barcelona, Samsung practically remedied all that was wrong with the Samsung Galaxy S6 series, announcing the new Samsung Galaxy…

HP Elite X3: a feature-rich phablet running Windows 10

It’s not often that you hear the words “exciting smartphone” in the same sentence as “HP”, so take heed. The new HP Elite X3…

Huawei MateBook now official, guns for Microsoft Surface

The tablet convertible is currently the fashionable format for mobile manufacturers, and now Huawei has also boarded that bandwagon. It’s new Huawei MateBook, launched…

LG G5 announced with ‘LG Friends’ peripherals, bold new smartphone vision

The first big MWC 2016 device launch is over, and LG has drawn first blood. The company officially unveiled it’s LG G5 smartphone in…

LG G5 in pictures: the ‘world’s first’ modular phone [Gallery]

The LG G5 is the company’s refreshed take on the smartphone’s future, and that future is largely of a modular nature. It makes sense,…

MWC 2016 preview: here’s what you can expect

Update: We can expect the likes of Alcatel to unveil it’s new OneTouch Idol 4, and other devices at the conference too. Read the…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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