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Google Releases Latest Version of Diet Android Targets Africa, India

Hot on the heels of Android 11 comes Android 11 (Go edition), which is designed to work on lower-specced smartphones. Google describes Go edition as being designed for ‘entry level’ smartphones, which typically means very low-priced ones such as my be sold in India and Africa. We’re told that, since its creation back in 2018 […]

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Infinix Officially Launches the Fashion Conscious Zero 8 in Kenya

Infinix, consumer electronics company today launched the Zero 8 smartphone in the Kenyan market. The Zero 8 is the company’s flagship series for 2020/21. Though targeting the high-end market, the Zero 8 will retail at a relatively affordable price of KES 28,999 and will be covered by a guarantee policy of up to 25 months. […]

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Global Smartphone Shipments to Drop Nearly 10% in 2020 with 5G Push Bringing Market Growth Back in 2021

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 9.5% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. While the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20) resulted in slightly better than expected numbers, the market was still down 17% year over year […]

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Infinix to Unveil Zero 8 as 2020 Flagship Smartphone

Infinix,is said to launch Zero 8 soon, which is the latest product of its flagship smartphone series Zero. It is also rumoured that Zero 8 will become the flagship product of the Infinix brand for 2020. With its distinctive products, Infinix has achieved amazing results in the international smartphone market. All of its products come […]

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Samsung Unveils New Note 20 Range, Galaxy Z Fold 2

Samsung has ramped up its new flagship Galaxy smartphones with an ecosystem of inter-connected gadgets, launching five new devices and two wearables, as the Korean electronics giant tries to reclaim its lead position in the smartphone market. At its first Galaxy Unpacked virtual event, livestreamed from Korea last night, Samsung introduced a new suite of […]

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Smartphone Shipment Suffers Shipwreck as COVID-19 Bites Hard but Huawei Leads Market Leaders

The global shipment smartphone has suffered shipwreck from the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis didn’t stop Huawei from taking the position of leadership in the industry. Latest showed that shipments decreased 16.0% yearly in the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile […]

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Samsung Considers Dropping Galaxy App Store from Devices as Google Dangles New Mobile Apps Deal

Samsung Electronics Company Limited is considering dropping its Bixby virtual assistant and Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices as part of a new global revenue-sharing deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google, according to correspondence seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Google has tried for years to get Samsung, the world’s leading mobile device maker by units […]

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Do You Know You Can Securely Erase Your Android Device

It’s an inevitable moment in the smartphone-owning cycle, the point at which a newer, shinier model comes along and your trusty old device is no longer needed. Maybe your company bought you a new Android phone. Maybe your old one was getting too slow. Or maybe you just love electronics and couldn’t resist the lure […]

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Samsung Partners Cash ‘N’ Carry to Expand Retail Presence in Nigeria

Samsung Electronics West Africa, in partnership with Cash ‘N’ Carry has stepped up its nationwide market expansion drive in Nigeria making its brand and services now available in all Cash ‘N’ Carry stores across the country. According to Samsung, the retail expansion drive is designed to enhance consumer experience and provide consumers with a thrilling […]

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Number of Voice Assistant Devices in Use to Overtake World Population by 2024

Consumers will interact with voice assistants on over 8.4 billion devices by 2024; overtaking the world’s population and growing 113% compared to the 4.2 billion devices expected to be in use by year end 2020. Despite this, monetisation of the voice assistants themselves remains a challenge. Juniper Research in a new research, Voice Assistant Market: […]

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