Huawei announces the Ascend D Quad line of phones
Huawei isn’t the most popular Android manufacturer, but their Ascend D Quad line of phones are definitely going to garner some news bites out of Barcelona due to their claim of having created the “fastest smartphone ever”.
That’s understandably a very subjective term, as they haven’t quite made it clear what metrics makes the phone the fastest, other than the fact that it uses some of their proprietary technologies. Primarily, the focus is on the performance boosts the Huawei K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz processor provides in conjunction with Ice Cream Sandwich, while also extending the life of an already healthy 1800 mAH battery using a power management technique that also keeps the processor temperature down.
The 720p screen sounds gorgeous, too, standing at 4.5” (330 ppi) and 32-bit true color graphic processor. The cameras stand at 8 megapixel (with 1080p video recording) and 1.3 MP in front. All in a 8.9 mm (same as the Samsung Galaxy S2) package.
If you’re looking for some more battery, you can get the Ascend D quad XL which sports a 2500 mAH battery (although the phone stands thicker at 10.9 mm). The Ascend D1, meanwhile, has a dual-core processor and a 1670 mAH battery.
When will they be available? April.