Author: Trent Meikle

It’s been a minute (and eleven years) since Fujifilm had anything to do with the ‘M’ series of budget mirrorless cameras. We think we know why – it has something to do with adding a few more zeroes to Fuji’s bank account. Now, it’s rejuvenating the line-up, entirely skipping the X-M2, 3, and 4 and jumping right ahead into the X-M5, which is set to turn up on South Africa’s shores in November. Jarvis, turn on “Vlog” mode https://youtu.be/pUIliXGxXrE Fujifilm’s letting the X-M5 loose on those buyers who are still stuck apologising for their smartphone camera in the Instagram comments…

Stuff recently got to dig its claws into the iPhone 16 Pro. We’re not trying to pull the wool over your eyes; this is the latest, and most technically powerful iPhone Apple has put out – matching even that of the Pro Max’s hardware, minus the battery and display. It… doesn’t look like it, but trust us. This is the real thing. The point we’re so crudely getting at here is that the latest generation hasn’t done much to separate itself from all the rest. And yet here we are, reviewing the iPhone 16 Pro. Or, at least, reviewing all…

Heritage Day has already come and gone, but HP doesn’t mind celebrating the occasion past the holiday’s sell-by date. In collaboration with RGB Gaming, HP is on the hunt for South Africa’s hottest gaming developers through the GameOn hackathon. And, hopefully, shower the winners with money. The announcement was unclear. Before you start worrying about the prizes, someone needs to win the bloody thing first. Doing so involves beating out the other competitors taking part, which requires your team to design a game that “celebrates South African Heritage, blending culture, storytelling, and creativity.” And… be good. Eskommando, anyone? It’s in…

When Nintendo isn’t putting out GOTY-worthy titles, disappearing emulators or gunning down YouTubers for pointing potential customers in their direction, it’s… also not building the Switch 2. That’s right. The Switch 2 was a lie, a cover-up, hiding the real thing. Meet Alarmo, the R1,700 ($100)… alarm clock. Wait, we’ve got our maths wrong there. Being the mastermind of customer satisfaction it is, Nintendo limits the sale of Alarmo units to the sixteen or so people who subscribe to the Switch’s Online service. That’s another R260, knocking up the price to the R2,000 mark for something our smartphones can do.…

The PS5 Pro, the unholy matrimony of mediocre tech upgrades and an ill-fitting price increase, is officially coming to South Africa. Despite the already too-high $700 overseas price translating to roughly R12,300, South Africans will have to pay a mighty price to get the most ‘innovative’ console released: R19,500. The Pro and Cons We wish more than anyone that was just a figure we pulled from thin air to get more eyes on the website but no, that’s the official price you’ll have to pay if you’re a dedicated gamer trying to get a higher framerate without first degrading the…

After what was certainly a shaky start where the country’s petrol and diesel prices are concerned at the beginning of 2024, things have taken a turn for the better. Since June of this year, South African motorists have experienced a flurry of fuel price drops, with October’s drop bringing about the fifth consecutive price cut for 2024. And now, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is foretelling even more petrol price gains this November. That’s just what the early predictions are telling us, mind you. A lot can change between now and the beginning of November – when the Department of…

Samsung’s not done yet. After a busy year that’s seen Samsung sticking Galaxy AI into anything and everything it can reach, the company is taking a break and heading back to its budget roots with the launch of the Galaxy A16 5G. At least, it will. Samsung has yet to officially announce the thing, which is only out in the wild due to a premature listing on the company’s Dutch website. As such, we’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect when the A16 5G eventually turns up locally – minus the pricing and available colourways. The Galaxy…

It wasn’t all that long ago that BYD Auto launched ‘the most affordable EV’ in South Africa, and the company is ready to do it all over again. Except this time, it’s given up on all that goodwill and launching the BYD Seal, the company’s latest EV. That’ll set you back R1 million when all is said and done. R1.2 million if performance is a must. That’s… not bad. Sure, a whole million isn’t something everybody can easily rustle up. Compared to other EVs that have come our way, BYD’s kept things, not exactly reasonable but it’s kept things relatively tame…

Get out of the way, Jim. It’s finally time for Avatar: The Last Airbender to shine. The world of Nickelodeon’s Avatar is finally getting an honest-to-God AAA title. An RPG title, no less. And that’s not even the best bit. The development will be headed by Paramount Game Studios and, more importantly, Saber Interactive. You know, the guys who recently pumped out Warhammer: Space Marine 2? Oh my God, okay it’s happening That’s according to IGN, which got the scoop from the developers – who are, incidentally, in “close collaboration” with Avatar Studios, the division run up by the show’s original creators Michael DiMartino and…

Living in South Africa means putting up with some drawbacks: the occasional loss of signal – or worse, Wi-Fi – being two of them. We can’t promise to make it any better, but we can promise that Spotify is working on a way to make those moments a little less torturous. It’s doing so with Offline Backup, a new feature that’ll keep the hits rollin’, no matter what. Did we mention that no data is required? You want some backup? Offline Backup will automatically generate a playlist when the internet disappears. It isn’t doing so by sneakily downloading a playlist…