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MrsShodimu: You Dont know what you are saying, do you know that it is people like you That Don't like progress . This tecno people have tried for Nigerians . Mscheeeeeeeeeeew

You poor, pitiful m0r0n. How has Tecno 'tried' for Nigerians? Are Nigerians not paying money for their phones? Why should any sane human being feel gratitude to a company that takes their money?

I'm not sure how you make your money, but people that make money legally through hard work usually care for value for their money and not whether a company has 'tried'.

Litmus: Cheated, straight and simple. I knew she would be cheated and stated it on the thread celebrating her gold medal.

Nigerians are systematically being cheated in international events, I've noticed and the "we are corrupt brigade" bare a large responsibility. You people do not understand the white run international community.

I'm so incensed, i cant tell you....



The next thing that will happen is that the paid/sponsored fake tribalists will take to their computer and turn what shgould be and inquiry on our path into navel gazing and the thieves abroad will get away again scot-free.

Don't be an irrational racist, my friend!
She tested positive for the banned substances because she likely took them. Stop bringing forth stupid and brainless conspiracy theories.

Sanchez01: Sure, I will. Probably you get bombed first. It was forseen before now; I expect the APC e-rats to rant for their supposed leader. *SMH*

Thank you for making it clear where your bias lies, and why we should not take your words seriously.

Sanchez01: Having arrived at this, if we’re to imagine which of the Boko Harams attacked Buhari, which would it be? The Muhammed Yusufu Boko Haram which is believed to be largely funded and sponsored by Northern leaders

Please provide any proof for this assertion.
Many intelligence agencies have come out to say they think Boko Haram's main source of funding comes from kidnap ransoms, bank robbers, extortion etc.

Sanchez01: Boko Haram, overtime, has had few failed attempts in a quest to make known their madness. Regardless, their success rate at executing their plans and seeing that it is successful is so high that I would grade them 93%. Often times, foiled Boko Haram attacks are largely as a result of tip offs and the use of amateurs in carrying out their missions but would it have been that easy for a sect who calculate their attacks to miss on an important Northern personality, who has overtime generated controversies by saying that the founder of Boko Haram was killed and not punished by the law?

Can you please tell me where you got that accuracy figure for Boko Haram strike targets? Sheik Bauchi was attacked with explosives that same day...did he also plan his own attack too? All the bombings that have been foiled in Nigeria over the past few months, are they factored into your 93% accuracy figure, or did you pull that figure out of your anal cavity?

The pakistani Taliban were more sophisticated than Boko Haram, and yet had a massive assassination attempt by twin bombers fail to kill her, killing 120 bystanders in the process. Maybe she planned that one too?

Sanchez01: but would it have been that easy for a sect who calculate their attacks to miss on an important Northern personality, who has overtime generated controversies by saying that the founder of Boko Haram was killed and not punished by the law?

Al Qaeda has had a lot of experience with bombings. Yet the Shoe Bomber and Abdulmutallab bombing plots failed. What do you say about that?

Sanchez01: how possible was it that Buhari could responded quite calmly by not fleeing the site of the attack immediately it happened,

Perhaps because of his military training?

Sanchez01: particularly with the number of people who trooped around him and without being afraid that one of the onlookers could still be wearing C4 explosives under his/her clothing? In a case of an attack on a dignitary, such individual is shielded from harm’s way and evacuated from the venue of the chaos to some safe place with immediate effects, why was Buhari’s any different from other dignitaries all over, particularly when it was obvious that a serious attack was issued on his life?

Buhari's security detail is provided by the State. Are you accusing the FG of being behind the assassination attempt? Interesting...

Sanchez01: The former CPC Presidential candidate has been linked with the dreaded sect overtime, although no proof has seen to that effect.

The only people 'linking Buhari to Boko Haram' are m0r0ns with stunted IQs. Boko Haram's origins are well known and are clearly detailed in this incisive study
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/west-africa/nigeria/216-curbing-violence-in-nigeria-ii-the-boko-haram-insurgency.pdf

From 1999 onwards, there is absolutely no shred of evidence that Buhari has ever been in contact with any of Yusuf, Boi, Shekau or any of the other major players of Boko Haram, dead or alive.
The only 'link' people like Buhari (and recently, Sanusi) have to Boko Haram is that they are devout muslims. Stands to reason that link is made by intolerant bigots.

Actually, I'm mistaken. The other 'link' is when people wrongly attribute the 'we will make Nigeria ungovernable' comment to Buhari, when those comments were in fact made by elders that are now firmly in the PDP as 'Elder statesmen'.

Sanchez01: Still, if he is innocent, why would the OTHER Boko Haram attempt to assassinate APC’s potential President when they understand that they would be the prime suspect if anything of such happens?

To be honest, this is by far the most inane paragraph in your write up. Why the heck should Boko Haram care if they are the 'prime suspect'? People that took credit for bombing the UN building, for killings thousands and for kidnapping the Chibok girls?

Why does the 'OTHER' Boko Haram come into this picture, and why is it a condition for his innocence or not? Why have you automatically assumed that the Shekau led Boko Haram have an undue love for Buhari right now?

Sanchez01: I leave the thought-provoking questions to readers to debate and ponder on

Sadly, it seems YOU did not put any serious thought on this matter before penning this ill-advised stuff

Sanchez01: PS: This is the video link to an amateur coverage of the blast; Buhari is seen moving among onlookers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xg9PC861TI . Some should help bring the video here. Thanks.

PS: There is also a video online in which Boko Haram fighters behead a born and bred Muslim who they accuse of being an 'infidel' because he does not support their violent struggle. The days of you lazy thinkers assuming every Muslim is a friend to Boko Haram should be over!

LMAO, anyone would be mad to pay 58k for a Tecno Phantom Z when you can snag a new Galaxy S4 for 68k with better specs, better screen, better camera, better build quality, better software, better custom ROM support and guaranteed updates to Android L and beyond.

Is anyone really that cheap that they would give up so many improvements just for 10k?

Abeg, let them even increase the prices after the pre-order period. Fools and their money are soon parted

@Jmaine

These comments from you are gravely disappointing. Please put aside Politics in this discussion...a man has lost his three kids. Let us not bicker over political lines. The reaction from the army was excessive. No matter the level of provocation, you cannot fire into a crowd of unarmed civilians unless they too are using deadly force.

I see comments on Nairaland all the time in the vein of "Don't mess with the Army o, they will kill you like chicken". Yes, that may be the reality thanks to the poor discipline and unruliness of the Nigerian Army soldiers, but that is not supposed to be the norm! This kind of killings must be condemned by all and sundry. It could be anyone, anywhere. Even someone you know.

I'm not sure which is worse, the journalist that could publish this tripe or the people here reading this that actually believe the Governor is going to deploy drones

Why am I not surprised, anyway. they are probably the same people that were rolling around in joy when Soludo promised an 'Africa Dubai-Taiwan' as his manifesto.

These leaders certainly know how to press your mumu buttons.

anago9010: save me your sermon!!!! the rocket firing makes hamas relevant in the scheme of things and not the systematically conquered fattah movement. the siege have been for 8 years and this latest onslaught is not the cause, FYI everyone entering Gaza have to get a permit from isreal that takes months for approval, isreal control all import and export to Gaza including food, medical aids and construction materials!!! and gazans are not allowed to fish pass 3 nautical miles pass there own waters. we know the people that have been disrespecting all forms of diplomacy and making the two state solution impossible by building settlement in occupied territories. we know peeps that have been blocking all attempt of Palestine to be admitted as a member of the un. isreahell will definitely meet their waterloo. hilted should have finish this irritants.

Maybe, just maybe if the Hamas leadership weren't so eager to use any freedom to get more missile material to make rockets to fire into Israel, there would have been a great reduction in the Gaza restrictions?

You allow easy access? They buy rockets. Donate money for food and medicine? They divert it into making more rockets. Allow them to fish far away from Gaza? They contact smugglers to bring in rockets.

Stop listening to Arab propaganda, the same Arab slavers that will happily enslave you and your family. The same people that were happily transporting members of your race 500 years before the first white man set foot in Africa. The same ones that have never spoken a word of condemnation of Boko Haram, even when more people have been killed by Boko Haram in the past few years than have died in Gaza in the past 3 years.

ZUBY77: Living off Nigeria since 1960s.
No wonder they started Boko Haram as soon as power shifted away from them permanently.

This ignorance is stunning. So there are still people out there that think Boko Haram started in 2011?

Disgraceful.

HisRoyalHardnes: I hate Buhari and all those who are deceived to believe he represents anything positive.

Buhari and APC bombed Buhari.

That's the kind of Animal some uninformed (including mods) back to preside over me in 2015.

NEVER!

Don't be silly. The only thing you love is the crisp Naira notes you're paid to post comments on nairaland.

I'm surprised there are so many agreeing with this Arewa Youth fellow. I thought most of you lapdogs have been trying to tell us for years that Buhari diverted most of the PTF projects to sites in the North when he was the PTF chairman? Has the story changed now? Did he neglect the North and develop the South instead, making you all liars?

Answers, please.

EMEKA1MILLION: Oga I have no business with political propaganda, nothing concern me with APC and PDP .
My own is to expose all of u coming here to post nonsense and mislead those misleadable

Please learn to flee from foolish thoughts. Even if you have misgivings about the monorail project, to label the ambitious work being carried out in the woji/trans-amadi/slaughter axes of the state as 'nonsense' is just plain stupidity.

The quality of the work seems very good, and the completed project will bring relief to tens of thousands of taxpayers. Please keep your focus on areas you think the Governor has derailed. Thanks

henry007: dont mind the xiaomi mi3 but where can I get with the whole website blowing up with preorders. my z10 used to heat up like the devil. not heard that many complaints about the z30. maybe you're running one of them leaks as well.

I didn't get rid of the Z30 because of the battery life...it was just too damn big. You know, it's about the same size as the S5, but because of the bottom bezel gestures, it felt much bigger.

using it felt so uncomfortable in-hand, I just couldn't bear to keep it.

Maybe i was too hasty, though. I remember hating the Galaxy Note 1 for it's massive size, only to use a Note 2 for a year.

henry007: okay you're more intelligent than all the tech gurus that adjusted their opinions much later about the adreno 305, congrats bro! you're a z10 user I take it. how's that 1800mAh holding up, that was the sole reason I sold mine.

I got rid of the stupid Z10 as soon as the Q10 came out. battery life never lasted past 1pm even after charging it fully overnight. The Q10 wasn't that much better, could barely get through the day.

Bought the Z30, sold it at a 20k loss two days later to my kid brother.

I have no plans to ever get a BB10 device again. I see no logical benefits for my use case to choose it over an Android device that has a FAR more robust ecosystem and is backed by Google, one of the most innovative companies in tech.

Better you go for the Moto G than the Z3, IMHO.

To put this argument to rest, i'll include some benchmarks from Anandtech

Note that the Adreno 225 is represented by the Galaxy S3 (AT&T) while the Adreno 305 is represented by the HTC One SV


http://www.anandtech.com/show/6875/3dmark-for-android-performance-preview



https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6875/53946.png



https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6875/53949.png



https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6875/53945.png



Satisfied now? Or are you going to Google up Anandtech? Or will you come back with some screenshots of some forum posts or blogs by random dudes? Will you continue to ignorantly claim that benchmarks from obscure folks made in 2014 are more relevant than specs from the manufacturer released when chip design was finalized in 2011?

henry007: ya talking plenty. also Google "GPU rank 2014". forget the old links your putting up(from 2011, seriously?!) . if you know how to Google(hard for some pple apparently) you shld be able to stay updated about 2014 tech facts. these video comparisons are not fool proof or even a true test but its fun to watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9sw3_wXxcs&fulldescription=1&client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=NG&guid=


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGStq4_WiCU&ctp=CDgQpDAYASITCIzxw-jg4L8CFQu1ywodKrgAglIJejMgdnMgejEw&guid=&hl=en&gl=NG&client=mv-google

You know what? There's just no point in trying to talk sense into you. You're just not smart enough to comprehend anything.
This has nothing to do with whether i posted material from 2011. That material is Qualcomm's own product specification material. from a hardware point of view, nothing really has changed. Talking about 2014 is plainly stupid when phones with the same Snapdragon 400 chipset in the Z3 were rolling out in 2013.
I've posted links and spec sheet dumps from Qualcomm (the company that makes the chipset!) and Anandtech (by far the most respected tech website in the industry) and all you can do it take screen dumps on Opera Mini from some obscure website?

Even worse, you post Youtube videos that even the folks in the comments section have questioned the credibility.
The first video has the Z3 and Z10 going head, testing out the speed of opening a sideloaded Android app. You happily pick a 'winner' even when it's clear to anyone with eyes that both phones are running different versions of the Android app player.

I think you've gone about this the wrong way. You see Adreno 305, you assume it's better than the 225 because it has a higher number and you're now desperately looking for stuff to lead to your answer...including Youtube videos that can easily be affected by a host of other variables.

henry007: pls post evidence when making an allegedly intelligent argument. some benchmark scores I found online. skip to the conclusion on this link http://techivian.com/mali-400mp-vs-sgx-543mp4-vs-543mp3-vs-543mp2-vs-540-vs-535-vs-adreno-320-vs-225-vs-220-vs-205-vs-mali-400-vs-intel-xolo/

You need to quit using a benchmark test from an obscure tech blog and focus on what the actual GPU specs are from the manufacturer.

You can check the detailed specs here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adreno

To show that the 225 has more ALUs, a higher pixel fill rate, can crunch more FLOPS (floating point operations) and push out more Triangles/sec.


At the initial reveal of the Krait architecture, Qualcomm told Anandtech that the 225 has roughly 8 times the performance of the previous gen Adreno 200 and the 305 had about 6 times the perfomance of the Adreno 200.
8 > 6 anyday.


I wouldn't put too much stock in a single benchmark plot.

Need more links?

http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2011/07/05/new-qualcomm-2011-2012-roadmap-and-soc-specifications/

First we have the MSM8960 which is Qualcomm’s first Windows 8 certified SoC and is expected to start shipping in Q4 2011. The specifications are the following:



• Dual 1.5-1.7 GHz Krait/ L2 1MB
• 2x500MHz LPDDR2
• LTE FDD/TDD cat3(8960); DC-HSPA(8270)
21HSPA+(8260A)
TD-SCDMA (8960, 8260A)
• 1080p HD Video@30fps; 3D 20Mpix
• Adreno 225 3D/2D 125M tri./sec (DX9.3)

As you can see the CPU’s core will be clocked between 1.5 and 1.7 GHZ and the SOC will feature an Adreno 225 GPU which supports the DirectX 9.3 feature set (DX9 + ShaderModel 3).

In Q3 2012 comes the[b] lower-en model[/b], the MSM8930 with one memory channel,lower CPU clocks and less powerful GPU surprisingly named the Adreno 305 even though it’s less powerful then the Adreno 225. It’s entirely possible that the Adreno 225 is effectively a higher clocked variant (or mult-core) of the Adreno 220 and that the Adreno 305 is the new architecture…

https://www.mobiletechworld.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/MSM8960.jpg


https://www.mobiletechworld.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/MSM8930.jpg


I can't believe i've put in this much effort over a low end phone

henry007: did you do your research the z10 has a much older GPU. a lot of stuff are missing from the z3 no doubt but the ability to keep me going (A LOT of messaging, calling, texting, emailing and surfing the web) throughout the day without weeping for low battery (former z10 user) is more important to me right now than a better camera and brighter colors on screen or even the so called better GPU(again do your research). that's my definition of a power user. get serious!

fabolakers: Yeah but the only problem is just the 1800mAh battery for Z10 but you can get an extra battery to fix that but the GPU of Z3 is better than that of Z10. Apart from that, Z10 is better.

The Z3 uses the Snapdragon 400 with the Adreno 305
The Z10 uses the Snapdragon S4 with Adreno 225 GPU.


Please do your research and stop being fooled by 'higher numbers'. The Adreno 225 is FASTER and MORE POWERFUL than the 305.

225 was the higher end GPU of the 2xx series. 305 is the lowest end GPU of the 3xx series. The upgrade of the 225 was the Adreno 320.

This is not about listening to dumb talk on GSMArena or looking at version numbers. Some of us just know this stuff.

nanizle: But I could pick z3 over z10 because it has a bigger screen

Fair enough. Just be aware of the tradeoffs though.

At that price, i wouldn't even recommend a Blackberry 10 device. just spring for a good Android device. I'd totally recommend the Motorola Moto G...or find a way for one of these guys who buy from China to get you one of the more recent Xiaomi phones.

ewizard1: The stupid thing is... iPhone has always had that small kind of display since iPhone 1 or whatever...

Just ask yourself one question "Why would they want to make a bigger screen?"

iOS is nothing near Android™

Besides, what can be compared to an OPEN SOURCE OS ?

Samsung, LG, Motorola, Tecno, Infinix, Gionee... even Nokia - All these can never be wrong for choosing Android. You mean, its bad and they still run on the Platform.?

one word! THINK!!!

Fun fact: At 3.5 inches, the original iPhone had one of the largest screens of any smartphones on the market

Tecno, Infinix and Gionee aren't running android because it's 'open source'. They run it because licensing costs are FREE, and it's got a ready made app ecosystem to latch on. The vast majority of people buying android devices don't know or care if it's open source or not.

This ad is funny, but ultimately pointless. Samsung sales are lagging now. At the high end, LG and HTC and Sony are making some inroads into their sales. At the low end, the likes of Xiaomi and ZTE are slaughtering them in China. The Motorola E has completely destroyed the cheap Galaxy Grand Duos in Indonesia and India.

Everyone knows that the bigger iPhone 6 will absolutely demolish sales of Samsung phones in Q4. You can take that to the bank.

bhaliz44: azzhole cos ppl don't buy online games doesn't me they can't afford to buy it. get it niggi and if you don't forget it

So in other words, you can afford it but you're just too cheap to buy it, abi? You can support the devs so they make a Modern Combat 6, but you'd just rather steal from them?

Got it.

Such a shame to see that with multiple payment avenues open to Nigerians, many of you lot still choose the piracy option. It's $6.99, which comes to little about N1100. Why the frag can't you just man up and buy it officially? That's little more than you spend on a meal, and you get the ability to play online.

At some point, you really do have to grow up.

Read between the lines. It's clear THISDAY believes - as anyone sensible would - that the white-shirted fellows squabbling over money were Government plants put in place to discredit the BBOG movement.

NTA covering only the unruly group, even when anyone with eyes knew that the usual protesters don red shirts and have been gathering in a different site for weeks now.

Government deliberately choosing to address the imposters...even when everyone in Abuja knows the only BBOG protesters (the Oby group) are the red-shirted folks.

Protesters spontaneously breaking into a scuffle/squabble on live TV that happened to be the Govt stooge media, NTA



Only thing wrong with the article is the headline. It should have been "Government sponsored fake BringBackOurGirls protesters shame the nation on live TV"


Not since the Abacha days (criminalizing NADECO) have we seen an Administration stoop to such levels of pettiness.

henry007: GPU and Battery life, z10 is better for pple who love taking pictures more than social networking or doing actual work. z3, like z30 is for power users. I hated z10 battery life (about 4 hrs of browsing and networking on 3g) but loved everything else still.

Once again, this makes absolutely no sense.

Z30, Z3 and Z10 are all candybar full touch phones. Where did you get the 'power users' claptrap from?

nanizle: z10 runs bbOS v10
z3 runs bbOS v10.2.1 OS out of the box
did u say u can get a brand new z10 for 30k? slot lists z10 for 37k and z3 for 35k.

Blackberry 10 OS 10.2.1 was rolled out for all BB10 phones months ago. Every single savvy Z10 owner is running 10.2.x right now.

It would be the height of stupidity for anyone to pick the Z3 over the Z10 in a bid to save N2000. Better cameras, better CPU, GPU, higher res screen etc.

UltraMusicGroup: U are the biggest fool who happened to be contented with the status quo and don't have the reasonable view to air

for all I care, Femi is one of most patriotic journalist who is neither on the payroll of phe Dee the or APshit!

He is ready to air his opinion with preciseness....who doesn't know we have high handedness been executed by lastma, Kai, etc in Lagos or the daylight politifechian robbers ruling from abuja

Femi...carry go!

Anyone who doesn't think this fellow is on the PDP payroll is delusional. And I say this as someone who thinks the APC is full of crap, too.

nanizle: Because it's a newer model with newer software albeit lower specs.

z10 no dey move market so him price gatz come down.

z3 just enta market but him price go surely come down.

Sorry, but this makes no sense.

It's inferior to the Z10 in every way. And it doesn't run 'newer software'.

heywhytech1: This is one of the reasons Israeli action need to be checked. It can't just continue like this, many souls have been wasted.Palestinians deserve a full autonomy besides is their land. Both Tel aviv and Jerusalem even the West Bank belongs to them, if Israeli think they can just be wasting innocent lives, Arab league will soon wake up and challenge them.

Which Arab league will challenge them? Lol, you think any of those countries want to lose any more land to Israel when they inevitably lose?

Since when did Jerusalem become 'palestinian land'?

freshness2020: What's happening !
Just between the space of one week, 3 different plane crashes!
The world really needs to go on their knees and ask For Mercy!

So you know this is tantamount to claiming that this is due to Divine punishment? Including the tens of innocent Children that died in the Malaysia Air disaster?

People like you bring shame to Christianity and provide ammunition for Atheists.

Nobleval: you sound like a kid. I just asked a simple question and you started ranting.

I had to explain it to you carefully to cater to your limited IQ.

Cheers

mascot87: Good move by Putin, he has a foresight of d possibility of the West instigating Russians against it's government which if not handled properly could prompt d Russian government to take up arms against it's own people heating up more the polity & giving d West a reason to interven through wanting to oust d government militarily. He knows quite well the angle through which d West could get him & he must be very careful to ensure that the game is played to his own favor & not against him.

How old are you that you recklessly celebrate the denial of some of the basic freedoms that should be the bedrock of any democracy?

The West to intervene militarily in Russia? What have you been smoking?

This move is aimed primarily at stifling Opposition in a Russia where Putin's Government already controls the press and social media. It's laughable you're babbling about 'the west' when Russia is also overtly encouraging rebellion in Ukraine, as they supported in Georgia.

By tomorrow, we will see posters claiming that TB Joshua predicted this one too

Nobleval: when was the last time you paid your tax? <

My tax is deducted at source from my earnings. So I pay tax every month, running into millions of Naira every year.

I would have loved to throw that question back at you, but you forum vagabonds that are paid per post usually are paid with grimy envelopes under the table and as such do not remit taxes to the Federation.

zicoraads: I didn't reply your earlier attempt to get my attention, and if you weren't so dull, you would have gotten the message and buggered off.

I am not about to engage in a tit-a-tat with a street urchin like you. Take your frustration elsewhere, it is not my fault that your comprehension skills is this bad.

'get your attention' ke. Who needs the attention of an church rat like yourself? Of what benefit to the elephant if the ant pays it any attention?
Abeg take your lame attempt at revising history and cram it up your backside. Your fellow citizens have been kidnapped and you're busy babbling nonsense.

Thank God many others have set you straight. Instead of humbly thanking your betters for educating you here, you're still reveling in your misguided pride. Nonsense.

Abeg stick to Forum Games and the Romance section and leave discussion of weightier issues to people with higher IQ than you possess. Still can't get over you thinking Ukraine is where kids of our thieving elite end up. You remind me of those half-wits that were claiming that the Dana Air crash only affected the elite

zicoraads: I am very sorry if my statement sounded callous. I certainly know not each and every Nigerian schooling there is from a very rich family, and I never alluded to that in my post. My lil lil bro is also schooling in a higher institution abroad and I don't think we qualify to be termed as 'rich'. All the same, wether rich, average or poor, I sincerely pray for their safe return. And may God continue to comfort their families.

Goood morning!

You said "since some of them, or maybe even all of them are kids of those who steal our monies with impunity". Why the hasty attempt to deny your earlier ignorant claim? Why attempt to sugar coat an evil intent with the usual generic prayer sprinkled on top?

You need a serious change in mentality.