The four-year smartphone contract is becoming South Africa’s quiet answer to unaffordable phones – and a costly one for buyers who don’t read the fine print. A R30 000 purchase, spread over 48 months, can commit a buyer to more than R60 000 across the contract life when bundled airtime, data and insurance. The device…
The Conflict Insights Group (CIG) says its research also shows the extent of UAE involvement.
South Africa’s direct marketing industry faces a significant new compliance regime after trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau gazetted amendments to the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) that require all direct marketers to register with the National Consumer Commission and scrub their databases monthly against a national opt-out registry. The CPA amendment regulations (2026), published…
Tiger Woods allegedly told a Florida sheriff’s deputy that he was distracted by his phone before he clipped the back of a trailer in a rollover crash Friday, according to an incident report that said the golfer showed “signs of impairment” and had opioid pain pills in his pocket. Woods, 50, was arrested and charged…
Following its January announcement that a flagship “Phone 4” would not arrive in 2026, Nothing has officially pivoted its focus toward the mid-range market. The company has now unveiled the Nothing Phone 4a and Phone 4a Pro, representing a significant evolution in design and a departure from the aesthetic tropes established by its earliest devices….
The Honor Robot Phone features a camera that pops out of the main body of the device. Honor Honor on Sunday showed off the capabilities of its Robot Phone as the Chinese electronics firm looks to stand out from some of its bigger rivals like Samsung and Apple. The company, which spun off from Huawei…
Elon Musk. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters With a SpaceX public listing expected this year, the company has plans for its revenue-generating Starlink business that could expand its reach into new markets, including a Starlink phone, direct-to-device internet and a space-tracking service, sources familiar with the matter said. The star of Elon Musk’s empire, SpaceX is quickly expanding…
Realme is turning its ambitious battery concepts into a reality with the launch of the P4 Power, debuting in India on January 29th. The device features a massive 10,001mAh capacity, fulfilling the promise of the high-capacity prototypes the company teased earlier this year. Read: Google Gemini will power Apple’s new Siri Despite the enormous cell,…
JSE-listed discount retailer Pepkor Holdings’ lead as the distributor of the most prepaid handsets sold in South Africa continues to expand. In the company’s report for the year ended 30 September, released on Tuesday, Pepkor reported a 17% year-on-year increase in handset sales to 13.5 million units – 9.2 million of which were sold in…
Pepkor Lifestyle has confirmed that customer phone numbers were compromised in a data security incident that occurred at its third-party SMS marketing provider, Mobiz. The data breach affects customers of Pepkor Lifestyle’s retail brands, which include Incredible, HiFi Corp, Russels, Bradlows, Rochester, and Sleepmasters. Read: Valve unveils Steam Frame, a wireless standalone VR headset Pepkor…
