itel has once again reinforced its leadership in accessible innovation with the itel SUPER 26 Ultra winning the prestigious “Best Curved Display and AI-Powered Smartphone of the Year” at the 2025 Nigeria Technology Awards (NiTA).
The awards ceremony organized by Beta Media Group, held on December 6, 2025, at the VirginRose Resort, Victoria Island, Lagos, brought together top players in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem to celebrate excellence, creativity, and industry growth.
This recognition highlights the SUPER 26 Ultra’s groundbreaking curved display design and its next-generation AI capabilities, which elevate the smartphone experience across photography, performance, personalization, and security.
As consumer expectations continue to rise, the SUPER 26 Ultra stands out for delivering premium, flagship-level features at an accessible price point, strengthening itel’s position...
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold marks Samsung's entry into the tri-fold smartphone era. The premium foldable phone folds inward twice and opens into a 10-inch tablet-like screen while still behaving like a pocket-friendly phone when folded. The Galaxy Z TriFold features a standalone Samsung DeX, a 5,600 mAh battery (the largest foldable battery on a Samsung phone), a Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, and a 200MP main camera.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Key Specs and Features
10.0 inches Tri-Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X Display, 1584 x 2160 pixels (~269 ppi density), 120Hz Refresh Rate, up to 1600 nits (peak) Brightness
6.5 inches Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X Cover Display, 1080 x 2520 pixels (422...
Huawei are always ready to introduce new smartphones especially the Honor sub-brand which specialises in budget smartphones. The Huawei Honor 10 Lite is a new release with midrange specs and up to date design.
Where to Buy Honor 10 Lite
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In all, the smartphone seems like a decent offering with nice cameras, decent chipset and impressive display. Despite the 'Lite' moniker, the smartphone offers some good features for an average user.
Take a look at some at some of the features available on the smartphone below.
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Here comes another in the ZTE's gaming smartphone campaign and it comes stacked to the brim with features to ensure there's maximum performance. The next in line, the ZTE Nubia Red Magic Mars has about the same spec sheet as the ZTE Nubia Red Magic except for the insane 10GB variant. It also comes with the cool features like the heat dissipating implementations to remove the hot phone scenario during gaming. Innards are top-notch which ensures that even the most heavy graphics games runs well. At the end of the day it does fulfil all the criteria a gaming smartphone...
Elephone is just catching up on the pop-up camera trend and is trying new water with the Elephone PX modelled after the Vivo Nex and now the Elephone U2 more after the Oppo Find X. The new smartphone comes with a beefier spec sheet than the other model and will sell for a couple more bucks. You'll get a triple rear camera, a pop-selfie shooter and an in-display fingerprint scanner at a relatively low price.
Where to Buy Elephone U2
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Elephone U2 Key Specs and Features
6.26-inch, IPE LCD capacitive touchscreen,...
Recent development have brought out some new styles in smartphone build all in the bid to reduce bezel around the screen. Trailing behind the Vivo Nex with a pop-up camera, the Elephone PX comes with its own pop-up camera. Posing a supposedly full-screen front, the smartphone has some decent mid-range specs. However, the specs are just a bit the budget type with the major feature being the selfie poo up camera. All in all, the smartphone is just a conventional average smartphone but with new innovation at a much more low price.
Where to Buy Elephone Px
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Rugged smartphones might not be a popular thing but it is has been a thing for a while now. The Elephone Soldier is one of those smartphones and it poses of an IP68 certification. In other words, ut can withstand water up to 1.5m for 30 minutes and is also resilient to dust. This makes it makes very suitable for tough environments like construction sites, camping in the woods and so on. It has an high-resolution display added to the list as well as a nice build.
Where to Buy Elephone Soldier
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Let's take a look at the smartphone here from the Chinese company - Umidigi. Responsible for a bunch of smartphones like the Umidigi A3, Umidigi S3 Pro and now the Umidigi One Max. The smartphone bring discussed is a budget midrange smartphone which does not have that quite robust spec sheet as you have in some. However, the smartphone is aesthetics driven as it has a glass sandwiched metallic build and comes with the fancy dew drop notch.
Where to Buy UmiDigi One Max
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UmiDigi One Max Key Specs and Features
6.3-inch,...
It has not always been so, but the mobile gaming sector is growing at an unprecedented rate. This year, it has exceeded $50 billion and by 2020, it will ascend to $72 billion market. The latter millstone would pose a whopping 200% increase in just six years.
The technology has certainly played a vital role. Mobile devices are more powerful and accessible than ever before and they also have one huge edge over PC and consoles: they are highly portable and convenient. All of this makes them a gaming force to be reckoned with.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens
The mobile gaming industry...
The Homtom S12 is a budget smartphone that has the trendy 18:9 aspect ratio as well as a nice crafty design. As far as design is concerned, there is a minimal compromise to cut price same for other smartphones in the category. The smartphone is a cheap one which is why the specs are very basic in the aspect of display, better, camera and the chipset inside. However, it does well when it comes to bezel reduction and looking a bit modernised.
Where to Buy HomTom S12
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Homtom S12 Key Specs...
Red is a high-end cinema camera maker which is used in some of Netflix blockbusters and movies like 'Straight Outta Compton'. The company formerly scheduled the smartphone with 3D display to be released earlier this year. However, the smartphone wasn't released due to some issues that needed to be perfected. Nonetheless, the smartphone is more likely to be released soon and it has some great features on board. This smartphone is not available as it does have an expensive price tag with a version even more expensive more than the iPhone XS Max.
Red Hydrogen One Key Specs and Features
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Huawei is no stranger in the budget market and the Huawei Y5 Prime (2018) comes in as another in the Y-series this year. Cutting down on features like fingerprint scanner and some other specs, the smartphone is available at a budget price. There is also a simple design and some other implementations to make it affordable for all. Although the smartphone is not the kind to go for when it comes to stellar performance, it can hold its own against competition in the same league.
Where to Buy Huawei Y5 Prime (2018)
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More improvement to the Itel A14 or otherwise called the Itel A16, the next in line in the A-series above the former. The smartphone still occupies the entry-level category sporting the ground features you'll need from day to day. A perfect fit for most of users on an extreme budget that want a phone that can do general smart stuffs. Also, it has a more refined look with a simple build and better specs. Take a look at it yourself from the main highlights below.
Where to Buy Itel A16
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Itel the budget king is here with a very cheap entry-level smartphone that comes with equally basic specs. The Itel A14 smartphone has a total budget look and also joins the Android Go movement making it more snappy to operate despite the specs. On the outside, the smartphone totally looks like a budget smartphone. If you are more concerned about aesthetics then you wouldn't really like the Itel A14 but if you don't mind take a look at some of the specs below.
Where to Buy Itel A14
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Realme, which recently became a stand-alone company after being a sub-brand of Oppo for months since its May 2018 inception, has released the latest smartphone from its coffers. Dubbed the Realme U1, the device is the first member of the Chinese company "Realme U" series. Also, the Realme would be the first smartphone in the world to sports MediaTek's new Helio P70 SoC.
This system-on-chip translates into smooth processing prowess as well as unruffled gaming performance. The Realme U1 is, however, a selfie-focused smartphone as it comes with a stunning 24-megapixels selfie camera laced to high-end features and image processing...
Technology is growing everyday introducing smart features to gadgets. As a result, smartphones have become an important part of everyone’s life. Every third person is using a smart-phone to make his/her daily life easy. Smartphone world is developing faster and better than ever.
The iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro Max are the latest models of the iPhone.
In 2018, you have already witnessed some great smart-phones releases. For example, Apple iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy Note 9, and Google Pixel 2 XL are some popular smartphone launched this year. Smart-phones are getting bigger, smarter and appealing with...
The Razer Phone 2 is the second iteration to its first-gen gaming-focused Razer Phone. The device comes with improved features, particularly in the aspects of overall body aesthetics and gaming performance. Designed for absolute smartphone gamers, the Razer Phone is one of the best gaming smartphone money can buy you in 2018, rivaling big sharks like the Xiaomi Black Shark Helo and Asus ROG Phone.
Razer Phone 2 Key Specifications
Dimension: 158.5 x 78.9 x 8.5 mm
Display: 5.72 inches LCD display with 2560 x 1440 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 64GB, 128GB option with satin finish model
MicroSD storage: Yes, up...
Low budget smartphones are becoming more sophisticated and that is because OEMs like Homtom are putting in extra effort. The Homtom S17 comes with a nice design and decent specs even for an entry-level smartphone. Going further, the smartphone has about the decent specs that you can need from a day to day basis. Instead of having the hiked price of premium smartphones, the Homtom S17 is very pocket-friendly making it available to low earners.
Where to Buy HomTom S17
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HomTom S17 Key Specs and Features
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Homtom is a Chinese OEM that is active in the midrange to low-budget scene but not quite popular yet. The Homtom H10 is a mid-ranger, albeit a bottom shelf one with a notch and carries average specs. It tries to infuse the latest features into the smartphone as you have the notch, dial camera, USB Type-C, face unlock and others on the smartphone. Anyway, let's see if the smartphone is any good for your money.
Where to Buy HomTom H10
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Homtom H10 Key Specs and Features
5.85-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen,...
Entry level smartphones with a value for money approach offered by several brands among which Realme is a newcomer. The brand which took off on the shoulder of Oppo seems to have found its place already with smartphones like the Realme C1. More like a cheaper Realme 1 that looks like the Realme 2 offering budget features whilst trying to keep compromise at minimum. Let's take a look at the spec sheet and find out if it's worth the price.
Realme C1 Key Specs and Features
6.2-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1520 x 720 pixels
Android 8.1 Oreo
Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon...
What started as an Oppo subsidiary earlier this year as now recently launched as a brand on its own. The Realme is more kike a budget centered brand that is concerned about offering great value for money. This way you can still get a nice smartphone with impressive features and design too. That said, the Realme 2 Pro is here and it showcases everything the brand stands for. However, the smartphone is nothing like it's predecessors with dew water drop notch and large screen.
Realme 2 Pro Key Specs and Features
6.3-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1080 x 2340 pixels...
Back in the day, when feature phones were the real deal. Nokia was best and still is which is why the Nokia 106 (2018) is a big deal as far as feature phones are concerned. The phone has a typical feature look and is said to have just about the long battery life it is known for too. In addition, the Nokia 106 will come with the famous Snake game as a bonus and others as demos.
Where to Buy Nokia 106 (2018)
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Nokia 106...
