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Nokia wants you to tune in to its smartphone launch on 19 March

HMD Global’s Nokia is set to launch “something very special” on 19 March, its chief product officer Juho Sarvikas announced on Twitter. The announcement…

Big battery Nokia 2.3 launches in South Africa for R1999

Nokia on Monday announced two budget smartphones arriving in South Africa this month, headlined by the Nokia 2.3. Although the Nokia C1 is a…

Cheapie Nokia C1 arrives in South Africa for under R1000

Think phones are too expensive? HMD Global’s Nokia is about to buck that trend in 2020 and the Nokia C1. The phone maker on…

Meet the Nokia C1: a new entry-level Android Go phone for Africa

HMG Global on Wednesday announced yet another budget Android Go smartphone in the form of the Nokia C1. The phone is chiefly for emerging…

HMD Global’s premium Nokia 7.2 arrives in South Africa for R6299

Nokia’s owner HMD Global hasn’t released an upper-mid range phone in South Africa in ages, but thankfully that changes today. This comes courtesy of…

HMD Global’s Nokia 6.2 arrives in South Africa for R3899

The Nokia 6.2 will soon be available in South Africa. The mid-range phone, which “brings HDR entertainment and advanced imaging” to SA customers, was…

HMD Global’s Nokia is pushing Android 10 to its first smartphone today

HMD Global is pushing Android 10 to its first Nokia smartphone today, but it’s not the flagship Nokia 9 Pureview. Instead, the Nokia 8.1…

Nokia 105 feature phone is heading to South africa for R249

After its international unveiling in July, HMD Global has today announced the arrival of the Nokia 105 to South Africa’s shores. The fourth generation…

Nokia 7.2 and 6.2 draw design inspiration from the Lumia 950 XL

HMD Global today announced the Nokia 7.2 and Nokia 6.2 at IFA 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The upper mid-range devices are aesthetically similar, but…

Nokia 3.2 review: all looks and battery life, but not much more

My first thought when unboxing the Nokia 3.2 was “Damn, this phone looks smart”. Unfortunately, like a really bad relationship, I found the device…

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…

HMD Global to drop Nokia 6.2 and 7.2 with round camera bump in September

Images of the upcoming Nokia 7.2’s case was on Sunday revealed by NPU, suggesting that the smartphone will feature a round camera bump to…

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

Good news if you have an older HMD Global-era Nokia smartphone. The Finnish smartphone maker announced that the Nokia 3, 5, 6, and 8…

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,…

Nokia 105 and Nokia 220 4G: HMD Global debuts two new feature phones in 2019

HMD Global’s Nokia rolled back the years on Wednesday announcing two new feature phones, the Nokia 105 4G and Nokia 220 4G. By virtue…

Nokia 2.2 is now available in South Africa for R1899

Just weeks after the phone was announced for the Indian market, the Nokia 2.2 is now available in South Africa. The latest addition to…

Your Nokia 1 should be getting its Android Pie update very soon

The lowly Nokia 1, which debuted in South Africa in April 2018, is now getting its Android 9 Pie update. The news broke via…

HMD Global’s Nokia 3.2 is coming to South Africa after all

We previously reported that the Nokia 3.2, a phone that debuted in February at MWC, would not be coming to South Africa. But HMD…

HMD Global’s Nokia 4.2 available in South Africa for R2999

HMD Global’s Nokia 4.2 is now available in South Africa. The mid-range device is one of four budget devices which debuted at MWC 2019…

The cheapie Nokia 2.2 ditches the fingerprint sensor for face unlock

HMD Global today unveiled the Nokia 2.2, a budget smartphone that’s set to shake up the segment once more. Dressed in polycarbonate from head…

Nokia 4.2 is heading to South Africa, pricing and date to be confirmed

HMD Global is about to add yet another smartphone to its South African lineup. After it announced the Nokia 1 Plus last week, and…

Nokia 1 Plus arrives in South Africa for R1499

The Nokia 1 Plus is now available in South Africa. Initially announced at MWC 2019 in Barcelona, it’s not to be confused with the…

The five-camera Nokia 9 PureView will cost R12 999 in South Africa

At some point in the future we may well get a smartphone covered entirely by camera lenses. But for now, you’ll have to settle…

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