This morning, the 2999 RMB TCL Hero 2 flagship cellphone has gone on sale at the Suning shopping website.

The Hero 2 is a 4G phone that uses the 2GHz MT6592T octa-core chipset. It supports 5 modes and 16 frequencies and is compatible with TD-LTE, FDD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, and GSM networks. It also supports China Mobile and China Unicom 4G networks. Unfortunately, it only supports single-SIM.

The TCL Hero 2 sports a 6-inch OGS touch screen with FHD resolution. It supports 6-points touch screen technology and its screen-to-body ratio is over 81.7%. It also has an audio chip and uses Nauticus speakers. Its rear camera is a 13mp SONY camera that has active lens. Its front camera has 5mp and an 86 degree wide angle. Accessories include a pen that can be used to write on the screen. It also has an LED desklight feature, Bluetooth cellphone, and other accessories.

As for memory, the Hero 2 has 2G RAM and 16G ROM. It is powered by a 3100mAh battery and its OS is the Kitkat. It supports NFC, a compass, an infrared sensor, etc.

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Today has been a big day for Xiaolajiao Mobile. Besides launching the Xiaolajiao 5 Pro 4G cellphone, the Xiaolaojiao 4G mini has also entered the market. This phone is the company’s third 4G cellphone.

The Xiaolajiao 4G mini uses the 1.3Ghz MT6582 quad-core processor and supports China Mobile 4G (TD-LTE), TD-SCDMA, and GSM networks. It has 1G RAM and 8G ROM. It also sports a 4mp/8mp dual-camera and is powered by a 1800mAh battery. Its OS is the Kitkat and has an OTG feature.

This phone also comes with a “Lajiao button,” a small toy that looks like an earphone. When connected to the phone’s earphone port, it can prevent dust from coming and can let the user do things like turning on the camera with just one or two clicks. It is available in white, black, yellow, and many other colors.

The Xiaolajiao 4G mini is available by Wechat for 999 RMB.

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There is a rumor that HTC is preparing the cheap version of HTC One M8 smartphone, and now the HTC has been release the HTC One E8, this is the other version of HTC M8 with plastic body and more colorfull covers.

The new HTC One E8 has the similar configuration with the HTC One M8, but the E8 is using the plastic body rather than a metal. The HTC One E8 is packs with 5 inch screen size with 1080p Super LCD3 screen, equipped with 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, sports with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, the phone is also has microSD expansion slot that support for up to 128GB SD card,

The phone is also providing a 13 megapixel rear facing camera and a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, and powereing up with 2600mAh battery capacity, running Sense 6 UI on Android 4.4 Kitkat operating system, support for 4G network, while the other versions will also support for dual sim dual standby.

Compared to M8, the new E8 uses the more rounded plastic shell, and the body is more lighter with dropped 15g of weight than M8. Of course, the original BoomSound speaker has been retained, and this is very awesome.

The phone is available in various color such as black, red, blue and silver. The HTC One E8 is ready to officially started selling this month, according to foreign website, the phone will be available with 2,799 yuan or about $450 USD price tag per unit.

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Android 4.4 or also known as KitKat has been officially announced last September which the platform is expected to be released in the near future.

According to reports, the latest version of this new Google operating system will bring a variety of improvements, it seems is targeted for low-end devices as well as wearable devices like Google’s smartwatch.

Having access to the Android 4.4 feature list, that some improvement allows better memory management make entry-level Android device are capable of running this Android version even with only 512MB of RAM only.

Android 4.4 will also support the new sensor is intended for wearable computing devices such as detector step, step counter and geomagnetic vector rotation, all of which are attractive features for the fitness device.

While for now, the Android 4.4 KitKat is runing on new Google Nexus 5 smartphone that has been release recently.

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So many leaks on the Nexus 5, but due to the current confirmation from related parties then there is no prediction regarding the Android phones continue to emerge. Many people believe that this device will be formally introduced it in October, but many predict the new Nexus 5 will be revealed in November.

According to the latest leak from Mobile Syrup, the Nexus 5 will be revealed on October 31 and will be available for purchase through Google Play.

As for specs, the Nexus 5 is rumoured to come with a 4.96-inch 1080p display, 2GB of RAM, 16-32GB of internal storage, LTE connectivity, a 13MP rear camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, and a 2,300mAh battery.

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While for now, there is no device running Android 4.4 aka KitKat, but we have a leaked screenshot picture of the new Android 4.4 operating system. The new Android 4.4 has a new redesign user interface but generally there is no major change in the UI.

The images above might be our first look at redesigned stock apps in Google’s upcoming Android 4.4 “KitKat” update. Although there is no obvious differences, but the look of existing of Android 4.4 KitKat seemed impressed have a similar appearance flat design like look recently adopted by Apple in iOS 7 so some people give the positive impression, criticism, ridicule and even assume that those screen shot is false.

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