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Politics › Re: Emmanuel Ibe-Kachikwu Is New NNPC GMD - Sahara Reporters by claycares: 3:30pm On Aug 04, 2015*

Politics › Re: Emmanuel Ibe-Kachikwu Is New NNPC GMD - Sahara Reporters by claycares: 3:15pm On Aug 04, 2015

archcharles:
President Buhari Appoints ExxonMobil Vice-chair To Head Nigeria's Petroleum Corporation

http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/04/president-buhari-appoints-exxonmobil-vice-chair-head-nigerias-petroleum-corporation

Ask those in the oil and gas industry, they will tell you that Kachikwu is even more corrupt than the past Petroleum Minister. I have about 3 transactions we are working on where himself and his previous employer ExxonMobil have perpetuated fraudulent practices. Another wrong choice to head NNPC.

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Technology Market › Re: Automatic Watch On Sale: Rolex Speedmaster by claycares: 6:31am On Aug 03, 2015

danvault:
I know what I am saying. Even mega stores sell replica Rolex watches but with a better package at a hyped price you'll think the watch is real. To clear your doubts, simply try to shop from the official Rolex website and u'll be surprised at the prices in USD. Even a 1992 model Rolex daytona, silver color still goes for nothing less than 7,000 dollars.

You're damn right, replicas everywherre

Phones › Re: I Need Suggestions On The Type Of Phone To Buy': HELP!! by claycares: 9:34am On Aug 01, 2015

Yeah Craven, true talk. Favparis is actually trying to sell her phone on another thread, so I believe she understands

Phones › Re: I Need Suggestions On The Type Of Phone To Buy': HELP!! by claycares: 9:28am On Aug 01, 2015

Craven:
Samsung is a South Korean company. And I'll tell you what's special about them; Samsung is a trusted company. It is why people will rate them higher over these small brands. It's not being bias, it's being honest. Samsung products have been around for many years, and as a result, have garnered a wide following. People know what Samsung offers through their devices, they know what to expect. Same goes for brands like Nokia, Sony, HTC.

I never recommend Gionee, Infinix and the likes to anyone because they tend to have problems in the future. People complain about phone temperature, battery power, unresponsive displays, poor hardware. You know it. It's something I've seen in abundance on here. These brands are only available in Africa, they aren't known in other parts of the world. They recognize their target market; people who do not like to spend too much on gadgets; and they supply their products to them accordingly. And so you get your cheap phone, but you forget that the materials used in building them are also cheap. That's why many people end up complaining about them. I understand that there are a few good phones amongst them, but can anyone speak of their durability?

There are indeed better Chinese brands that serve as competition to Samsung. Xaiomi is an example. Elephone. OnePlus. Huawei. Oppo. ZTE. Meizu. If these brands were available in Nigeria, I'd surely consider them.

Your Infinix, Gionee, Tecno, are nothing compared to these Chinese products. No one outside of Africa recognizes these products. And I'm not being bias, just honest. Sorry.

Read about the top Chinese Android products here.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/06/top-10-best-android-chinese-smartphones-june-2015-edition.html&sa=U&ved=0CBMQFjADahUKEwjf57_VrYfHAhXTNIgKHbs-A-M&usg=AFQjCNE5_YRdFdI9DDTHtWFjetmGJHWkIA - https://www.androidpit.com/best-chinese-android-smartphones?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4790699626

Thank you Craven for the user perspective. Most of these OEM don't even know about the security issues and because we have a very bad regulatory body in this part of the world, everything comes in as a dumping ground to feed the people who are yearning for cheap phones. The truth is that they are ripoffs not just cheap because Xaomi manufactures at similar pricing but with good built quality and better hardware. Another funny thing is that non of these OEM like the names you mentioned has thought of partnering with Google on its Android One project.

Phones › Re: I Need Suggestions On The Type Of Phone To Buy': HELP!! by claycares: 9:03am On Aug 01, 2015

Favparis:
Is samsung not a Chinese company? Don't samsung manufacture Chinese version of Samsung Galaxy series? What do u mean by 'All These Chinese phones'?

Stop being biased. Samsung has a brand and nothing else Dat's special abt dem.

What does samsung device has that no other chinese device has?

Please I'm not the guy chasing you with cutlass in your nightmare last night.

Off course all hardware including Samsung are manufactured in China and other MEA countries. I don't agree with you that the difference is Samsung having only a brand name, it goes beyond that my dear and I don't think you know much about this area. To hold your views will be very myopic and shortsightedness.

Before s6, Samsung devices uses Qualcomm system on a chip (SoC, in simple language, processor, CPU) and not Mediatek, the processors you find in other Chinese brands. The Qualcomm brand is known as the king in Android parlance in the area of efficiency, you can google that for better understanding. In addition to the SoC, the graphic processing unit (GPU) you find in Qualcomm processors is the Adreno brand not the Mali GPU. You can Google the performance of these GPUs and report what you find. There are other hardware issues that I may want to elaborate on but time will not permit. Like the very weak modem attached to the Mediatek SoC, Foxconn built quality of the premium device against these Chinese phones,etc. Also note that, no Google device from the time of HTC Dream 1 to the Nexus 6 has used a SoC other than Qualcomm, why is this so?

The importance of the above hardware config is performance of the OS and apps which are the primary reasons we use smartphones. Just yesterday I was playing with my colleagues Infinix Note pro and I realised that I couldn't multitask and the network signal on my phone was just 2 bars while my friend's phone keeps losing and regaining signal. Basically, I tried to use 3 apps - IG, Twitter and FB moving from one to the other after every 3 minutes and I discovered that the apps keep restarting each time I switch instead of taking me back to the state I was when I last used that particular app.
For the records, I'm using an HTC 2013 flagship.

Another area is the OS and open sourcing firmware codes. Android is an opensource platform, Qualcomm releases its SoC codes for developers to work with but Mediatek does not and that's why you can't find roms and custom roms for all these Chinese phones.

Last for now is the issue of software security update. Almost all of us now transact via mobile platforms. How would you feel when you're informed that somebody was in the middle between your smartphone and your bank phishing your card details. Those guys do it everyday and sell those info, there's a market for it online. The issue is that Mediatek hardly comply and most of the unknown to small name brands don't offer those security update services. But Sony, HTC and other known brands issue small updates almost immediately to protect the users including platform update like moving from Kitkat to Lollipop.

Questions for you, I have a 2013 flagship device from HTC and I have the latest Android update 5.1 lollipop. Can you point me to any 2013 device from these Chinese phone makers that has similar update? Why can't these companies use the Qualcomm SoC? I'd love to read your views.

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Phones › Re: 10 Things You Know Not About Andriod Phones by claycares: 5:28pm On Jul 31, 2015*

oserz:
Top 10 amazing facts about
Google’s Android operating
system which most users dont
know...
Android fact left out, you can comment below.

ALWAYS REFERENCE YOUR SOURCE OGA

Thank you

Guys, here's the source - http://www.techworm.net/2015/03/10-amazing-facts-you-didnt-know-about-android.html

Phones › Re: I Need Suggestions On The Type Of Phone To Buy': HELP!! by claycares: 6:44am On Jul 31, 2015

DGenerale:
which security reason?

Search for middle man exploit on Android and other security flaw. Those OEM hardly update their devices which exposes them security flaws.

Computers › Re: The wait is over: Welcome Windows 10! The World Most Awaited Operating System by claycares: 8:15am On Jul 26, 2015

Please house on a lighter mode, tell me who to follow, the OS that teaches me how to count numbers like 1, 2, 3 95, 98...NT, 2000, XP, Vista, then 7, 8, 10.

Or the OS that teaches me how to read the alphabets like this - Astro Boy, Bender, Cup Cake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honey Comb, Ice Scream Sandwich, Jelly Beans, Kit-Kat, Lollipop, waiting for Android M labeling.

Google always publish security holes in Windows OS that have been there for several years and MS didn't even know about it.

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Phones › Re: I Need Suggestions On The Type Of Phone To Buy': HELP!! by claycares: 5:54pm On Jul 25, 2015*

Epistemology:
I want to get an android phone, the truth is, i know nothing about phones , I would really appreciate your suggestions...............
I don't have much money o... The price should be between 17k-20k.. Thanks

Buy a premium device like HTC, Samsung, etc or something with at least 2GB ram don't settle for these Chinese phones everybody is carrying around for security reasons.

Politics › Re: $182m Halliburton Scandal: Buhari Orders Preparation Of Case-file by claycares: 1:19pm On Jul 19, 2015

OBJ should top that list.

Science/Technology › Re: See What A Man In Aba Made Using "I Pass My Neighbour Generator by claycares: 10:33am On Jul 19, 2015

ylaa:
igbo kwenu!!!

no be small thing.

Politics › Re: Buhari's US Visit: His Son, Yusuf, And 32 Others Make His Entourage - ThisDay by claycares: 1:12pm On Jul 18, 2015

buchilino:
though it may sound painful, lets be honest, we igbos r sometimes our own worst enemy. lets leave d rest of d country n develop ourselves n u will c how other regions will be folking 2 our region. but currently dats not d case. n 4 d records am a full blood proud igbo man

To start with, ask your governors in the south to conduct public opinion on the issue of self determination if the central govt isn't doing that?

Phones › Re: How To Connect Android Devices To TV Wirelessly by claycares: 11:28am On Jul 18, 2015

HTC uses the Peel / TV app

Technology Market › Re: Affordable Unlimited Etisalat Pc And Phone Browsing Only by claycares: 6:01am On Jul 07, 2015

toluxa1:
Nearly 2 months now not a single " testimony "

Does it mean that this thread is a scam?

Crime › Re: 52-year-old Teacher Rapes 5 Year Old Pupil In Classroom by claycares: 9:29pm On Jun 23, 2015

Pricelezz:
The annoying thing is, they always plead not guilty. Abeg, make the law take its full course. What nonsense!

Can the NPF sustain and maintain a conviction on that defective charge against this devil huh

What a nation.

Technology Market › Re: Shop U.S/eBay/Amazon $3.75 per lb U.S To NIGERIA, No Commission. by claycares: 9:26pm On Jun 18, 2015

Ogborokiri:
Anybody with 15k laptop for sell

I have one Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 15.6inches, DVD, BT. But the battery is bad and no adapter for N25k only.

Technology Market › Re: Shop U.S/eBay/Amazon $3.75 per lb U.S To NIGERIA, No Commission. by claycares: 6:27am On Jun 18, 2015

mrjojo:
22nd

many thanks

Technology Market › Re: Shop U.S/eBay/Amazon $3.75 per lb U.S To NIGERIA, No Commission. by claycares: 9:35pm On Jun 17, 2015

Please when is the next shipping date?

Nairaland General › US Announce $5b To Anti Boko Haram Task Force by claycares(op): 10:53pm On Jun 15, 2015

The United States has announced a $5 billion contribution to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in order to boost military operations against Boko Haram insurgency.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US assistant...

Read the remaining here

www.thecable.ng/category/top-stories

Nairaland General › Re: Fifa President Sepp Blatter Resigns!!!!!! by claycares: 6:51am On Jun 03, 2015

Yeye old man

Politics › Re: Nigeria’s 1914 Amalgamation Has Expired, Says Ijaw Congress by claycares: 8:10pm On Jun 02, 2015

Hmm

Travel › Re: Travelling To Canada Part 7 by claycares: 6:39am On Jun 02, 2015

anthochie:
a 4.1 gpa....u r well due to be admitted straight for a master's degree and if u go the thesis route and find a supervisor...there is a high probability u might even get funding...
Most Canadian universities waive English test for Nigerian students...however it is advisable to mail the schools u r interested in to get relevant information
best of luck

Please would your answer be different if one has a 3.6 cgpa. A friend is presently searching for top law schools and the results are unfavourable.

Politics › Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by claycares: 3:48pm On May 31, 2015

M4gunners:
Very important it will alert the others like ministers and Governors.At all at all na winch.

Agreed, but it's not a check at all on the present crop of politicians we have in Nigeria.

Politics › Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by claycares: 3:39pm On May 31, 2015

M4gunners:
Why didn't them make the Law that before inauguration, the access has to be declared first? I'm still in the opinion that one who want to steal can still do that before that 30 days.

True. Politicians don't loot with their names these days, they have trustees who hold the looted funds and properties in the person's name in such a way that it will be difficult to link the politicians to the assets. So, of what use is this asset declaration ish?

Politics › Re: US, Others Caution Buhari On Choice Of Petroleum Minister by claycares: 8:30pm On May 20, 2015

ishiamu:
Ok sir

You don't need to respond. Those are part of the people who feels it is only their opinion or point of view counts and other people's opinion doesn't. Most of them were paid to do just that. Let's wait, watch and see.

Politics › Re: US, Others Caution Buhari On Choice Of Petroleum Minister by claycares: 8:10pm On May 20, 2015

One chance puppet government for the next four years. Neocolonialism, Nigerians are in for it. I didn't expect anything short of neocolonialism, after mining the wikileaks documents and observed the Western powers support for GMB.

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Education › Re: FG Upgrades Four Colleges Of Education To Varsities by claycares: 7:45pm On May 20, 2015

YemiAde3:
Why jonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Do you expect the incoming govt to pomp money into these newly upgraded institutions?

Not GEJ, Fed Executive Council. Didn't read the OP? Hia

Politics › Re: If Vp-elect Knows He Can't Do The Job He Should Resign by claycares: 7:35pm On May 20, 2015

This made front page huh

Nonsense

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Politics › Re: Lawyer To Drag Buhari To Court For Dropping General Title From Name by claycares: 10:56pm On May 19, 2015

It is called public interest litigation. Thumbs up to Ebun.

In the eye of the law, it need not be significant before you can sue. He's only saying he can ask the court for a declaration that GMB cannot decree Nigerians to stop calling him a general when in fact he has been (and still) obtains benefit from such capacity that christened him General. It is a very common practice in other democracies.

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Nairaland General › Re: 9 Persons G M B / Muslims May Give A Handshake by claycares(op): 6:45am On May 18, 2015

MrScript:
Today I celebrate ME!
The birth of Me! The person I have grown to
be! The person I will become! The brother son, friend, uncle, student ; I am!
and the Father I will be someday! I celebrate
Me today!
I am grateful to God for the gift of life, I am
void without him. Also thankful to my earthly
parents for nurturing me into the graceful,
lovely, and great man I am today.
Happy birthday to Me! I wish myself many
more years of joy, love, laughter, health and
prosperity. I wish myself strength and wisdom
for days to come and succes

Happy birthday MrScript but next time start your own thread. I will forgive you today because it's your birthday

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