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After months and months of waiting, with all the rumours and speculation, the new iPhones are here.

Live from the new Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, three phones have been announced so far: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and the special iPhone X (pronounced ten). Apple has also announced Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular, Apple TV 4k.

The iPhone 8 starts at $699 for a 64GB model, while the iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799 for a 64GB model. Pre-orders start September 15 and they will be available from September 22.

The iPhone X starts at $999. Pre-orders start October 27 and shipping will begin on November 3.

Check out the various specs for the new iPhones below:

Infinix smartphone brand has unveiled the new Infinix Note series with the launch of Infinix Note 4 and Note 4 pro into the Nigerian mobile phone market.

According to the company, Infinix Note 4 is designed for the youths to empower and enable them to go beyond; it is also the 4th generation of the Infinix Note Series, with the first of its kind Stylus pen ‘Xpen’. It also comes with the Infinix Note series innovation of super-fast charge.

“The Note 4 has the theme ‘5 minutes charge 250 minutes talk time’ and a battery life of 4500MAH, which charges five times faster and is equipped with Xcharge 4.0,” Infinix said in a statement.

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You can now post and share multiple photos and videos in a single post on Instagram. This feature was recently released by Instagram, and it's a good one; as you no longer have to post and share photos or videos one at a time.

This feature now allows you combine up to 10 photos, including videos in a single post and share with friends. After you shared the photos/videos, you can swipe through to see them all. Interesting huh?

When uploading to your feed, you’ll see a new icon to select multiple photos and videos. It’s easy to control exactly how your post will look. You can tap and hold to change the order, apply a filter to everything at once or edit one by one.

These posts have a single caption and are square-only for now. On your profile grid, you’ll notice the first photo or video of your post has a little icon, which means there’s more to see.

In feed, you’ll see blue dots at the bottom of the posts to let you know you can swipe to see more. You can like and comment on them just like a regular post.

The latest update v10.9 is available on the Google Playstore if you are an Android user, and it's also available on Apple store if you are an iOS user.


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Earlier yesterday, Senate Ordered NCC To Suspend Data Price Increase”. Now The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has, Wednesday, suspended its planned data tariff increase.

This is following the Senate order to halt the increment as well as the public outcry that greeted the planned action.

NCC announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators saying the decision is to allow for further consultation.

In a statement Signed by it’s Director, Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, the commission said “directive was taken after due consultation with industry stakeholders and the general complaints by Consumers across the country.”

It said it has therefore directed all operators to maintain the status quo until the conclusion of study to determine retail prices for broadband and data services in Nigeria is done.

Following the concerns that visited the directive to introduce price floor for data segment of the telecommunications sector beginning from December 1, 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended any further action in that direction.” The decision to suspend this directive was taken after due consultation with industry stakeholders and the general complaints by Consumers across the country.“The Commission has weighed all of this and consequently asked all operators to maintain the status quo until the conclusion of study to determine retail prices for broadband and data services in Nigeria.” Recall that the Commission wrote to the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on November 1, 2016 on the determination of an interim price floor for data services after the stakeholder’s consultative meeting of October 19, 2016. The decision to have a price floor was primarily to promote a level playing field for all operators in the industry, encourage small operators and new entrants. “The price floor in 2014 was N3.11k/MB but was removed in 2015. The price floor that was supposed to flag off on December 1, 2016 was N0.90k/MB.” 

In taking that decision, the smaller operators were exempted from the new price regime, by virtue of their small market share. The decision on the price floor was taken in order to protect the consumers who are at the receiving end and save the smaller operators from predatory services that are likely to suffocate them and push them into extinction.” The price floor is not an increase in price but a regulatory safeguard put in place by the telecommunications regulator to check anti-competitive practices by dominant operators.” This statement clarifies the insinuation in some quarters that the regulator has fixed prices for data services. This is not true because the NCC does not fix prices but provides regulatory guidelines to protect the consumers, deepen investments and safeguard the industry from imminent collapse. “Before the new suspended price floor of N0.90k/MB, the industry average for dominant operators including MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, EMTS Limited (Etisalat) and Airtel Nigeria Limited was N0.53k/MB.” 

Etisalat offered (N0.94k/MB), Airtel (N0.52k/MB), MTN (N0.45k/MB) and Globacom (N0.21k/MB). The smaller operators/new entrants charge the following: Smile Communications N0.84k/MB, Spectranet N0.58k/MB and NATCOMS (NTEL) N0.72k/MB.” The NCC as a responsive agency of government takes into consideration the feelings of the consumers and so decided to suspend the new price floor.”

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The iPhone 7 is here people! Apple has just showed off its latest flagship iPhone at its annual September event in the US. Most of the rumours that have been circulating about what the iPhone will look like and what features it will have just been confirmed!

Yes, people. Just like we have been hearing, the new iPhone 7 will not have a 3.5mm headphone jack. If you’re buying the new iPhone 7, your music needs will be sorted with new lightning earbuds in the box or the company’s new wireless AirPods. However, you will still be able to use your old headphones because Apple is also including a dongle that connects to the iPhone 7.

The design is also like the rumours and renders have been predicting. The new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will have a redesigned antenna different from the one on the iPhone 6s and 6S Plus. It would seem that the idea is to clean up the back of the iPhone a bit more enhancing its simplistic design and ensuring the almost bare back looks even less busy

The Home button has already been redesigned and Apple says it is now “customizable”. Like the rumours have been suggesting, the new Home button is not clickable like on the 6s but force sensitive with haptic feedback just like on the latest MacBooks and the Apple Watch.

New for the iPhone 7 is a new IP67 rating which means it is both water – up to 30 minutes in 1 meter of water – and dust resistant.

In terms of camera power, the iPhone 7 comes with Optical Image Stabilization on all models, a new sensor [60% faster, 30% more efficient], and a new image processor. Apple also says the new iPhone camera will be able to take better low-light photos and it will have a f/1.8 aperture, six-element lens, Quad-LED True Tone flash, an Apple-designed ISP, and a wide color gamut.

The iPhone 7 Plus on the other is another ball game entirely. It will come with all the goodies in the iPhone 7 but it will have dual lenses instead of which one will be a wide-angle lens while the other will be a Telephoto lens. The two lenses will also be used for zooming – not digital zoom like current iPhones have – and the phone will use the second Telephoto lens to take very crisp close shots. The camera app on the iPhone 7 Plus will also have a “Depth Effect” feature that allows you put the subject in the forefront in focus and blur the background scene. The feature will come as a free software update when the iPhone 7 Plus hits shelves later this year.

The new iPhone also has new Retina HD displays that have the same resolution as the iPhone 6s but is 25% brighter. This helps the new iPhone get a two-hour battery boost over the iPhone 6s.

Apple’s latest flagship will also be more powerful than the iPhone 6s. It will have a new A10 “Fusion” chip that is more efficient and powers all the wireless AirPod stuff, make the new iPhone faster, and offer “console-level” gaming power on the new iPhone.

Another interesting feature is that storage options on the new iPhone now start at 32GB. Other available options will be 128GB and 256Gb variant.

Finally, the iPhone 7 will cost $649 (just like the iPhone 6s when it was launched) while the iPhone 7 Plus will cost $769. Pre-orders for the phones will start on September 9, and the phones will be shipped starting from September 16. The Apple AirPods will cost $160 but will not be available till late October and iOS 10 will be available from September 13.

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