Xiaomi Pad 9, Pad 9 Pro and Pad 9 Pro Max: every spec and price
Every Xiaomi Pad 9 specification and price, from KES 57,900 to KES 152,500, with all three tablets compared in full.
The Desk
The best of tech-ish, curating itself: the lead story, the week’s top reads, our picks, and what’s on the radar.
// The Lead
// Top Reads 7 days
- The US iPhone 18 Pro Max is the only one without Apple’s C2 modem News · Sep 13
- iQOO 16 leaked specs: 8,400mAh, 165Hz 2K screen, three 50MP cameras and a 2nm Snapdragon News · Sep 7
- Apple’s foldable is called the iPhone Duo, and it starts at $2,000 News · Sep 9
- Apple Event Tonight: New CEO, iPhone 18, Foldable iPhone and More News · Sep 9
- iQOO confirms the iQOO 16 and an 8.8-inch Pad Ultra gaming tablet for the end of September News · Sep 8
- iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8; Which one wins? Best Lists · Sep 10
- OnePlus 16 leak claims a 200MP main camera and a 9,000mAh battery News · Sep 13
- Honor is selling two different tablets called the MagicPad 4 News · Sep 13
// Desk Picks
- — How To/ Explained The iPhone 18 Pro could be the first iPhone you rent instead of buy
- — Full Reviews Infinix HOT 70: What Less Than KES 20,000 Buys in Kenya’s Toughest Year for Cheap Phones
- — Interesting Reads Kenya is on its fifth university funding system in forty years. This one makes everything a loan
- — News The New Google Pixel Supports Sign Language Translations
- — News Pixel 11 series official: higher prices, more storage, less RAM, and a small new light
- — Business Kenya’s first locally made ETF will let you buy 11 banks in one trade
- — Opinion Opinion: Google Retiring Assistant is Wrong, The Gemini Rebrand is a Mess
- — News Kenyans lost KES 491.6 million to SIM swap fraud in 2025, INTERPOL report says
// On the Radar
- Sep 15 LAUNCH MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Mid-Sept unconfirmed, leak-stage; first in vivo X500 and Find X10; date is placeholder
- Sep 22 EVENT Snapdragon Summit (22 to 24 Sept) Maui; Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 expected
- Sep 22 LAUNCH Huawei Mate 90 series 22 or 29 Sept unconfirmed, leak-stage; Kirin 2026 expected; date is placeholder
- Sep 25 LAUNCH Xiaomi 18 series + 18 Fold Fold confirmed for Sept on Xring O3; series right after the Summit; date is placeholder
- Sep 28 LAUNCH Honor Magic9 series Confirmed by CEO Li Jian; Beijing; Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
- Sep 29 LAUNCH vivo X500 series Late Sept unconfirmed, leak-stage; on Dimensity 9600; date is placeholder
// The Sections
- News iOS 27 arrives today, and it makes old iPhones much faster
- Business Airtel is closing its Kenyan wholesale fibre company after two years and no revenue
- Startups Twiga Foods is in administration, 16 months after the leaked plan we published
- Reviews Airtel Kenya cut me off from my number and my money, and it has done it before
- Best Lists iPhone Duo vs Xiaomi 18 Fold; Which one wins?
// The Essentials
