Residents of Lagos and Abuja have recently witnessed the launch of NTEL – the mobile carrier derived from the sale of NITEL/MTEL. The company promises 4G/LTE Advanced connectivity and Voice over LTE (VoLTE); something other longtimers such as MTN, GLO, ETISALAT and AIRTEL have all been relatively quiet about. By now, those who have reserved […]
ZTE is finishing work on a new high-end device - the ZTE A2017 which has been put through its paces on the GFXBench benchmark website. The flagship device is looking to be the sequel to the ZTE Axon from last year and the specs listing seems to agree with the fact. Running Android […]
NATCOM consortium, the operators of Ntel (formerlly Nitel/Mtel) has launched a pre-launch number reservation campaign for early subscribers to choose their own preferred choice of number before the company officially enters the market. Ntel promises pioneer status for the first set of prospective subscribers who get to reserve their numbers on the network and eventually […]
Meizu is one of the two manufacturers, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu has collaborated with to provides mobile devices running the OS. Last year at the MWC 2015, the Ubuntu OS version of the Meizu MX4 was announced and this year looks to be the turn of the Meizu Pro 5. The existence of […]
Popular messaging app, Whatsapp has reached the milestone of 1 Billion monthly active users – this means nearly one in seven people on earth use Whatsapp. The Facebook-owned messaging service joins the rank of the few apps and platforms such as Facebook and Gmail which have either reached or surpassed the milestone. Whatsapp has more […]
Spanish based mobile device manufacturer, Funker (or Funkertech) has recently released a new Windows 10 Mobile OS phablet into the Spanish market. The device in question is the 5.5-inch Funker W5.5 Pro which the company lists with a price tag of EUR 239.90. Talking about the specs, the Funker W5.5 Pro doesn’t offer anything not […]
Both Microsoft and Qualcomm have a seemingly long standing relationship; the Redmond giant’s recent flagships – the Microsoft Lumia 950 and Microsoft Lumia 950 XL smartphones both use the Snapdragon 810 processor. A new Windows 10 Mobile device has been spotted on benchmark with the Quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor. The Snapdragon 820-powered Windows 10 Mobile […]
Local telco company, MTN Nigeria has completed the acquisition of Visafone – the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network operator in Nigeria. The company is reported to have acquired all the properties, spectrum and liabilities of the Jim Ovia owned company. Even though reports on the acquisition had initially surfaced as far […]
Chinese device maker, Bluboo has teased a new smartphone – the Bluboo Xtouch Plus with 6-inch sized display. The company cites the Samsung Galaxy A9, Huawei Mate 8 and the just announced LeTV Le Max Pro as inspirations for the screen size but the processing power might not necessarily be up to these devices but […]
Several sources are reporting that Huawei is ready to announce the Huawei P9 smartphone at the CES 2016 event coming up in a few days time in Las Vegas. The P9 is expected to succeed the Huawei P8 which also has a Lite and Max variant – the P8 Lite and P8 Max According to […]