TECNO unveils next music phone the new BOOM J8 in star-studded event

When you have designed a smartphone for music lovers and you just want to pass that one info, how do you do it? TECNO has an idea. Unveil that phone with the biggest star-studded smartphone launch in Nigeria-do that and you’ve made your statement.Trust me, everybody will understand!

The Ikeja GRA nestled Golf View Hotel became a beehive of activities as some of Nigeria’s popular names in the music industry appeared at the launch event of the TECNO BOOM J8 music phone, TECNO’s next-generation music smartphone. 

As the saying goes “Where you have stars, you have the media” and by 10:30am, the blue carpet had registered the footprints of who is who in the industry, from legendary Ruggedy Baba, the elusive Weird MC, to sizzling hot artistes like Chuddy-K, Klever-J, Capital Femi, Art Quake, Georgetown, Danagog, Immaculate, Olawale (of Project Fame), Shola and I’m not so sure was Terry G there? Not to forget MC Bash, who was the Master of Ceremony.

sha TECNO knows how to pull off events but this one wasn’t an event just for event’s sake, the new BOOM J8 is worth giving attention and like TECNO digital marketing lead, Jesse Oguntimehin said

“The new BOOM J8 is a collector’s item; this smartphone designed from inside-out brings a whole new music experience to music lovers.”

Well,if you are one of those people who like to see specs before you pay the bridal price, this woman is not afraid to share what is under the cover to help you make your decision quick-quick. The New BOOM J8 flaunts impressive mobile specifications such as a 2GB RAM up from 1GB in the BOOM J7, 4G LTE Network, 16MP AF back / 8MP front face-loving cameras with Dual LED flash. Powered by MediaTekQuad-core processorand boasting 5.5” HD IPS touch screen, the BOOM J8 is not a bad phone to own.
Did I mention TECNO BOOM J8 comes with Free BOOM headphone? Lol, nice one.
Enjoy the pictures jare… 

Retail price for BOOM J8is around N40,999

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D'banj, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Phyno, others lived their music at #HeinekenGidiFest

 

The highly anticipated 3rd edition of the #HeinekenGidiFest went down on Saturday, 26 March 2016 with performances by several A-list artists and the first ever Heineken ‘Live Your Music’ – The TakeOver session in West Africa.

The event which held at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, had performances from D'banj, Tiwa Savage, YemiAlade, Phyno, Timaya, Adekunle Gold and others.

Fans were treated to THE TAKEOVER, a unique music experience which allows them to ‘takeover’ from the music DJ using customized wristbands provided by Heineken Nigeria.

“Heineken is as into live music experiences as their fans are. That’s why it celebrates, encourages, and enables music fans to be more active music live-rs,” said Ngozi Nkwoji, Senior Brand Manager, Heineken Nigeria. “Because to fully experience music, it's not enough to just listen to it, you have to live it.”

The event was hosted by Nigeria’s Sensei Uche and South Africa’s Nomuzi, while Heineken ‘Live Your Music’ – THE TAKEOVER session was hosted by David Jones David.

Heineken also provided free transportation for music ‘live-rs’ as part of its commitment to the 'Don’t Drink & Drive – Enjoy Heineken Responsibly' message.

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Heineken continues to integrate its responsible consumption program into all activities. 'Enjoy Heineken® Responsibly (EHR),' our global brand-led approach to promote responsible consumption, first launched in 2004. Whilst the Enjoy Heineken® responsibly is the flagship of our commitments, we are of course promoting responsible consumption throughout our brand portfolio. As an industry leader, we believe we should lead by example, playing an active role in promoting responsible and moderate consumption of alcohol.

HEINEKEN employees are ambassadors for our responsible consumption agenda and, around the world, many markets have developed tailored activations to spread the message locally. We also work in partnership with many stakeholders to encourage responsible attitudes and to understand and address alcohol misuse.

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A group of animal rights activists are trying to shut down an annual summer dog meat festival in southern China which has been blamed for making the country's international reputation look bad, as well as fueling extreme cruelty to canines and unhygienic food practices.

Activists said on Monday that they will continue to press for the festival to be banned as well as press for legislation to outlaw the killing of dogs and cats and the consumption of their meat.

Accordingto research,about 10-20 million dogs are killed each year in China. The dog meat festival will take place on June 20 in the city of Yulin.

Yu Hongmei, director of the VShine Animal Protection Association, said China needs to follow the example of developed nations that have banned eating dog and cat.
He said:

"China needs to progress with the times,". "Preventing cruelty to animals is the sign of a mature, civilized society."

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Source: AP