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iQOO confirms a 165Hz OLED display for its 8.8-inch gaming tablet
iQOO confirms an 8.8-inch 165Hz OLED display for Pad Ultra, with active cooling ahead of its 29th September China launch
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Vivo V80 launches on 6th October with a 7,200mAh battery and 144Hz display
Vivo V80 launches on 6th October with a 7,200mAh battery, 144Hz display, ZEISS cameras and the V70's Snapdragon processor retained.
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Vivo S2 FE launches on 6 October, with a 10,000mAh battery rumoured
Vivo S2 FE launches in India on 6 October alongside V80, with a 10,000mAh battery and 44W charging still rumoured.
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The 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max has slower storage than the 512GB model
The 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max uses QLC storage. The 512GB, KES 52,000 cheaper, beat it by up to 38%.
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Do MagSafe accessories affect the iPhone 18 Pro’s variable aperture? What Apple’s own rules say
The iPhone 18 Pro's aperture blades move with magnets, but no test shows MagSafe accessories affect them on sealed phones.
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Samsung Care+ fixes cracked Galaxy screens in Kenya for KES 3,139 to KES 15,693
Samsung Care+ fixes cracked Galaxy screens in Kenya for KES 3,139 to KES 15,693 if you register within 30 days.
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Starlink passes 27,000 subscribers in Kenya and holds 99.7% of satellite internet
Starlink had 27,616 Kenyan subscribers in June, up 58.5% in a year, just days before pausing sign-ups in seven counties.
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Huawei Watch D3 inflates its strap to take your blood pressure like a doctor’s cuff, even while you sleep
Huawei's Watch D3 puts an inflatable cuff in a thinner strap for 24-hour blood pressure readings, from about KES 66,000.
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OnePlus 16 confirmed with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: specs, colours, price and launch details
OnePlus 16 specs so far: Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 165Hz in every app, and a leaked 9,000mAh battery.
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Motorola Signature 27 gets a 200MP zoom camera and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
Motorola Signature 27 specs vs the first Signature: Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 200MP zoom camera, November US launch.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme Gen 6 explained, with every phone confirmed so far
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 compared: specs, what Extreme adds, every phone using each.
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Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max go live officially
Every Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max price, including the red transparent edition, plus the chips, cameras and batteries.
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Safaricom now has more fixed internet subscriptions than Faiba and Zuku combined
Safaricom went from fifth place in 2014 to Kenya's first million-subscription internet provider, with more than Faiba and Zuku combined.













