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Infinix latest phone series ZERO 4 go on sale


The latest addition to the Infinix Zero series smartphone, Zero 4, will go on sale on Friday November 25, 2016.

The high-end device which is also code-named ‘X574’ is expected to be the best release of the year from Infinix.

The phone will include several new features including a fingerprint scanner, which the company promised that all its future phones would have.

The new Zero 4 smartphone will only be exclusively available online at Jumia and it will be retailing at Sh18,499, which is a 16 per cent discount.

The mobile company said the prices would rise when the new phone starts selling across the country in offline stores after two weeks.

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The other much anticipated Zero 4 Plus will be launched a week later with both phones coming in various colours.

The penetration of smartphones in Kenya has been on the rise due to a strong economic climate and increasing internet and mobile connectivity.

According to a new study by e-commerce Company, Jumia, an online company has sold 3.1 million devices in Kenya this year, 1.8 million were smartphones, representing 58 per cent of the units sold.

The Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) in June released the latest (Q3 2016) statistics report for the period between January and March 2016 on the mobile telephony sector in the country.

Under the said period, Kenya’s mobile penetration rose to 38.3 million subscriptions from 37.7 million the previous quarter, an increase of 3.5 million.

Subsequently, mobile penetration grew by 1.5 percentage points during the period under review to stand at 89.2% up from 87.7 per cent recorded the previous quarter.