Alcatel One Touch Hero 2 is official, packs octa core CPU

The Alcatel One Touch Hero 2 has been announced at IFA 2014. Just like its predecessor, the Hero 2 features a 6″ TFT LCD display of 1080p resolution (367 ppi), Dragontrail glass for protection and oleophobic coating. The Hero 2 keeps the general proportions of the original hero, but is a bit thinner at 7.9mm.Powering the Hero 2 is a MediaTek MT6592 chipset with an octa-core 2GHz Cortex-A7 CPU and 2G of RAM. Internal storage is 16GB expandable by up to 32GB via the microSD card slot. On the connectivity side, there’s Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.0, NFC and LTE. The battery of the Hero 2 is 3,100mAh rated at a 10hours of 3G talk time (4.5h in 4G mode) and stand-by time of 380 hours. The Hero 2 comes with a stylus akin to the Samsung S Pen. It boasts optimized handwriting recognition capability, but we’re yet to test the company’s claims. At the back, there’s a 13MP OIS camera recording video of up to 1080p@30fps Alcatel will start selling the One Touch Hero 2 in Europe by the end of September. The price of the phone is €350 and there’s no information if the phone will make it outside Europe.

Moto X and Moto G available in the UK today, Moto 360 in October

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Motorola unveiled the new generation Moto X and Moto G and you don’t have to wait. They are already available in the US, but they’ve also arrived in Europe. Flipkart in India is also launching the new Moto G. The long-awaited Moto 360 smartwatch is available in the US but will come to the UK next month.Here’s the Motorola Moto X price in the UK, it’s available at the newly arrived Motomaker with a basic back or a premium wood or leather back. The Motorola Moto G pricing scheme is simpler, the phone starts at £145 and is available today from Amazon UK. In India Flipkart is launching the Moto G today at INR 13,000 (for comparison purposes that works out to £132). There’s no pricing info for the dual-SIM version yet. The Moto X and Moto G will be launching in France next month too, at €520 and €190 respectively. The Motorola Moto 360 will arrive in October to quite a few retailers – Amazon, Tesco, John Lewis and from O2. The price will be £200 for a leather strap (gray or black leather).” via gsmarena.com