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Google Shipped Its Flashiest Photos Update Yet and Broke Basic Editing on Pixels
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Google Shipped Its Flashiest Photos Update Yet and Broke Basic Editing on Pixels

Google spent this week showing off Gemini Spark, Moods and a redact pen for Google Photos. By Friday, a growing number of Pixel owners couldn't share a cropped picture. That…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 27, 2026
The New AI Surface Devices Land in SA, and the Copilot Hype Is Already Fading
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The New AI Surface Devices Land in SA, and the Copilot Hype Is Already Fading

Microsoft's new AI-powered Surface Pro and Surface Laptop for Business are officially rolling out in South Africa, and Core Group showed them off at a Sandton press preview earlier this…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 26, 2026
Google Messages Swapped Its Swipe Gestures and It’s Actually an Upgrade
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Google Messages Swapped Its Swipe Gestures and It’s Actually an Upgrade

Google Messages flipped its gesture language this week, and the first ten minutes are genuinely disorienting. Swipe left, which used to reply, now reveals timestamps. Swipe right, which used to…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 26, 2026
The iPhone 18 Pro Landed in South Africa, and Most Buyers Should Wait
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The iPhone 18 Pro Landed in South Africa, and Most Buyers Should Wait

South Africa got the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max on global launch day, September 18, with iStore, Digicape and Vodacom all stocking the devices from launch morning. The entry…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 25, 2026
The iPhone 18 Pro’s Battery Win Over Samsung Comes With a Repairability Catch
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The iPhone 18 Pro’s Battery Win Over Samsung Comes With a Repairability Catch

Two weeks, two flagships, one charger between them. After running the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the Galaxy S26 Ultra through the same battery loop and shooting a few hundred…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 25, 2026
OPPO Reno16 F 5G Lands in SA With a 7000mAh Battery and One Big Compromise
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OPPO Reno16 F 5G Lands in SA With a 7000mAh Battery and One Big Compromise

OPPO's Reno16 F 5G is finally on South African shelves at R16,999, carrying the two things local buyers keep asking for: a 7000mAh battery and a proper 50MP telephoto. After…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 24, 2026
The Signature 27 Is Motorola’s Boldest Flagship Yet, and Its Biggest Gamble
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The Signature 27 Is Motorola’s Boldest Flagship Yet, and Its Biggest Gamble

Motorola picked a loud stage for its loudest phone. The Signature 27 broke cover at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit on Monday as the first device carrying the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 24, 2026
Samsung Calls Apple’s Foldable Flattery, but Neither Brand Is Fighting on Price
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Samsung Calls Apple’s Foldable Flattery, but Neither Brand Is Fighting on Price

Justin Hume has a favourite word for Apple's foldable debut and he isn't shy about it. At the Mitsumi Distribution partnership event at Bryanston Country Club last week, Samsung Mobile…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 23, 2026
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: Fast on Paper, Unproven in Your Pocket
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: Fast on Paper, Unproven in Your Pocket

Qualcomm opened its Snapdragon Summit in Maui yesterday with two new flagship chips, and one of them cleared a bar no phone chip has ever touched. The Snapdragon 8 Elite…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 23, 2026
Samsung’s Mitsumi Deal Is a Premium Play Aimed at SA’s Small Retailers
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Samsung’s Mitsumi Deal Is a Premium Play Aimed at SA’s Small Retailers

Distribution announcements are the wallpaper of this industry, and Samsung handing Mitsumi an authorised B2B slot for its mobile portfolio looked like exactly that when it landed at a Bryanston…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 22, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Teardown: A Thermal Masterpiece With a Repair Nightmare Attached
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iPhone 18 Pro Teardown: A Thermal Masterpiece With a Repair Nightmare Attached

One of the six blades in the iPhone 18 Pro's new variable aperture came loose during the first proper teardown of the phone, and it wasn't carelessness. The blades are…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 22, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro in South Africa: the aperture is worth it, the battery hype isn’t
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iPhone 18 Pro in South Africa: the aperture is worth it, the battery hype isn’t

The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max landed on South African doorsteps on September 18, and I've spent the whole weekend with both. Most coverage keeps recycling Apple's record battery…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 21, 2026
The iPhone Duo Is the Best Thing to Happen to Galaxy Z Fold 8 Sales
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The iPhone Duo Is the Best Thing to Happen to Galaxy Z Fold 8 Sales

For years Apple treated foldables as a novelty it had no intention of touching. Then it announced the iPhone Duo on September 9, and within a week Galaxy Z Fold…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 21, 2026
Apple’s Foldable iPhone Lands in SA and Samsung Wins Either Way
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Apple’s Foldable iPhone Lands in SA and Samsung Wins Either Way

When Justin Hume, vice-president of Samsung Mobile SA, welcomed Apple into the foldable market this week with the line “imitation is the highest form of flattery”, it read like polished…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 20, 2026
The iPhone 18 Pro Max Outlasts the Galaxy S26 Ultra on Efficiency, Not Size
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max Outlasts the Galaxy S26 Ultra on Efficiency, Not Size

I've spent the past week with an iPhone 18 Pro Max in one pocket and a Galaxy S26 Ultra in the other, and the surprise wasn't who won. Apple's flagship…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 20, 2026
Samsung’s Premium Confidence in South Africa Rests on More Than AI
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Samsung’s Premium Confidence in South Africa Rests on More Than AI

Justin Hume has spent this week telling anyone who'll listen that South Africa's premium phone market is in rude health. Samsung's mobile chief for the region called the segment, foldables…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 19, 2026
One UI 9 gives Galaxy S26 owners an overdue update, not certainty
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One UI 9 gives Galaxy S26 owners an overdue update, not certainty

A flagship phone shouldn't leave its owner wondering why a cheaper relative already has newer software. That's the awkward backdrop to Samsung's stable One UI 9 rollout for the Galaxy…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 17, 2026
South Africa’s Memory Price Surge Is Making Cheap Gadgets Worse Value
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South Africa’s Memory Price Surge Is Making Cheap Gadgets Worse Value

South Africa’s memory price squeeze won’t always arrive as a more expensive phone or laptop. Sometimes it’ll arrive at the same price, with less RAM or half the storage. That’s…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 17, 2026
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro Ditches Efficiency Cores for a 2nm Gamble
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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro Ditches Efficiency Cores for a 2nm Gamble

MediaTek put more than 33 billion transistors on TSMC's 2nm process yesterday and called it the Dimensity 9600 Pro. The Geekbench numbers will dominate every headline about it. What caught…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 16, 2026
South Africa’s Smartphone Tax Repeal Is the Rare Tax Cut That Actually Worked
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South Africa’s Smartphone Tax Repeal Is the Rare Tax Cut That Actually Worked

Tax cuts that promise a boom usually deliver a rounding error. This one didn't. When National Treasury scrapped the 9% ad valorem luxury duty on smartphones under R2,500 on 1…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 16, 2026
Apple’s iPhone Duo Is a Software Bet Disguised as a $1,999 Foldable
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Apple’s iPhone Duo Is a Software Bet Disguised as a $1,999 Foldable

Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo open October 16 at 5 a.m. Pacific, and I'd put money on the Star White 256GB tier selling out before most people finish their coffee.…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 15, 2026
The R50,000 iPhone Duo Is a Flex, Not Progress for South Africa
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The R50,000 iPhone Duo Is a Flex, Not Progress for South Africa

Apple's first foldable arrived on September 9 with the usual keynote sheen, and within a day iStore confirmed South Africa makes the first-wave cut. Pre-orders open October 16, stock lands…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 15, 2026
iOS 27 Arrives Today and Most iPhone Owners Won’t Get the New Siri
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iOS 27 Arrives Today and Most iPhone Owners Won’t Get the New Siri

iOS 27 lands today, September 14, a date Apple confirmed at last week's Surprise and Shine event alongside a release candidate that's been in testers' hands since. The keynote version…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 14, 2026
South Africa’s First 60-Inch Mini-LED TV Is Built for the Lounge You Actually Have
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South Africa’s First 60-Inch Mini-LED TV Is Built for the Lounge You Actually Have

SKYWORTH quietly put its 60X6620K on Takealot and Amazon.co.za this week, billed as the country's first 60-inch Mini-LED television. That's accurate, and it's a genuine first. But everyone will lead…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 14, 2026
South Africa’s R2,500 Smartphone Tax Break Worked. Memory Prices Are Now Eating It
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South Africa’s R2,500 Smartphone Tax Break Worked. Memory Prices Are Now Eating It

Every so often a tax cut does exactly what it promised. On 1 April 2025, National Treasury and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies scrapped the 9% ad valorem…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 14, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders Stayed in Stock, So Order Smart Instead of Fast
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iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders Stayed in Stock, So Order Smart Instead of Fast

I set an alarm for 4:50 a.m. PT yesterday out of pure habit, expecting the usual iPhone ritual: a crashed checkout, sold-out banners by 5:20, and a month of waiting.…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 13, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders Are Live, and Demand Looks Nothing Like Last Year
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iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders Are Live, and Demand Looks Nothing Like Last Year

I had the Apple Store app open before 5 a.m. PT on Saturday, braced for the usual crash, queue screen, and sold-out banners. None of it came. Pre-orders for the…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 13, 2026
South Africa’s Cheap Smartphone Era Is Ending, and AI Data Centres Are to Blame
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South Africa’s Cheap Smartphone Era Is Ending, and AI Data Centres Are to Blame

The R2,500 smartphone is going extinct in South Africa. Cell C expects local smartphone prices to climb 30-40% over the next two months, and after tracking local RAM and SSD…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 13, 2026
iPhone Duo: The Crease Is Fine, the Price and Storage Aren’t
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iPhone Duo: The Crease Is Fine, the Price and Storage Aren’t

Apple called the iPhone Duo's inner display "wonderfully flat and smooth" at Wednesday's Surprise and Shine event. After three days of picking apart every hands-on frame I could find, I…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 12, 2026
South Africa gets the iPhone Duo in October, and almost nobody should buy it
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South Africa gets the iPhone Duo in October, and almost nobody should buy it

Apple's iPhone Duo is real, it folds down the middle, and it's officially coming to South Africa on 23 October. Pre-orders open 16 October at 4pm through Apple's South African…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 12, 2026
The iPhone Duo Nails the Fold and Fumbles the Fit
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The iPhone Duo Nails the Fold and Fumbles the Fit

Apple's first foldable is finally here, and it arrived the way Apple does everything now: polished, expensive, and wider than you're expecting. The iPhone Duo went official on Wednesday at…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 11, 2026
Jelly Star’s Android 16 Update Is a Quiet Win for Small Phones in SA
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Jelly Star’s Android 16 Update Is a Quiet Win for Small Phones in SA

A phone with a 3-inch screen and a see-through plastic body is now one of the cheapest devices in the country running Android 16. Unihertz started pushing the OTA to…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 10, 2026
Samsung Roasted the iPhone Duo While Quietly Supplying Its Screens
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Samsung Roasted the iPhone Duo While Quietly Supplying Its Screens

Samsung's social team spent yesterday's Apple event in full attack mode, and the "reheating our leftovers" post is already the funniest thing either company has said all year. It's also…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 10, 2026

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