Panasonic announced in Europe its newest ELUGA waterproof smartphone, which is the company’s first smartphone for Europe. With a ultra slim design and ergonomic curved-edge shape, the Android device is IP57 certified that it is able to immersed into water at a depth of up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes and is dustproof. It is powered by a dual-core TI 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and runs Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread with future upgrade to Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

ZTE PF200

ZTE is going to show two new LTE 4G mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, the PF 200 and the N910, both running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system with ZTE’s custom UI. The former is powered by a 1.2GHz processor while the N910 sports a 1.5GHz chipset. The PF200 works with LTE, UMTS 3G, and GSM/EDGE mobile networks and the N910 supports LTE FDD and CDMA/EDVO networks.

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Samsung is adding to the GALAXY line the new mid-range GALAXY S Advance smartphone. The new phone, as its name tells, is an advanced version of the GALAXY S. It is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor with 768MB of RAM. It will be shipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The Advanced GALAXY S has a curved glass design that enhances handling of the phone and fits the user’s facial form easily and naturally.

Along with the Pantech Element, AT&T is also launching another Pantech product on 22 January, the Pantech Burst 4G LTE smartphone. Targeted at value-oriented consumers, the phone will be available for just $49.99 with a two-year contrast. The slim Burst has a 4-inch Super AMOLED 800×480 touchscreen and 16GB internal memory.

Motorola announced the MOTOLUXE, a slim Android smartphone heading to Greater China, Europe and Latin America markets. Actually, the device is just the same one as the Motorola XT615, which have been announced for Taiwan. The slim device boasts a 4-inch 480×854 touchscreen, a 8 Megapixel auto focus camera and a front-facing VGA camera.

Huawei’s Honor U8860 is a smartphone running Android 2.3.5 with enhanced UI. The phone is powered by a 1.4GHz single-core processor with 5412MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. The Honor comes with a 4-inch 854×480 capacitive touchscreen, a 8 Megapixel camera, and a 0.3 Megapixel front-facing camera.

As the follow-up to the Captivate, AT&T and Samsung are planning to launch the new Captivate Glide Android smartphone with side-slide QWERTY keyboard. The new device supports AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ 21 Mbps (Category 14) for fast data connection. It is boosted by a 1GHz Tegra 2 AP20H dual-core processor with 1GB RAM, 1GB ROM and runs Android 2.3.

Verizon Wireless introduces the Samsung Stratosphere, the first 4G LTE smartphone to have QWERTY keyboard for easy and quick text input. The Stratosphere is an Android 2.3 phone powered by Samsung’s 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor. It comes with a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen and five-row QWERTY keyboard.