The quad-core Ascend D quad and Ascend D quad XL are not the only members of the Ascend D line, Huawei is also launching the Ascend D lte, a 4G smartphone. The handset supports LTE 1800/2600/800/2300 4G networks as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 900/2100 HSPA. Unlike its brother, the LTE model doesn’t get a quad-core CPU, but a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor. There is 1GB RAM.

In addition to the Eluga, Panasonic also announced at the Eluga Power smartphone for the European market. As its name tells, the Eluga Power will be more powerful than its little brother. Boosted by Qualcomm’s SnapDragon S4 dual-core 1.5GHz processor, the handset runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It features a slim form factor measuring just 9.6mm thick and is a lightweight big-screen device at just 133g.

While ZTE has the ultra thin Era, another Chinese company Huawei also announced its quad-core smartphones, the Ascend D quad series. Boosted by Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core processor, the Ascend D quad comes with Android 4.0 ICS. It features a 4.5-inch 720p HD touchscreen with 330dpi density for clear display, and is equipped with 32-bit true color graphics processor.

ZTE announced at the MWC 2012 its new HD touchscreen smartphone, the PF112 with a large 4.5-inch 1280×720 HD touchscreen display. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM8260A …

Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, LG introduces the world’s first quad-core smartphone – the Optimus 4X HD. The powerful smartphone is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 1.5GHz quad-core processor featuring the unique 4-PLUS-1 design for high-level multimedia performance that utilizes a fifth batterysaver core to handle less demanding tasks such as active standby and music playback. The Tegra 3 is also equipped with a 12-core GPU to deliver rich gaming experience. The phone has 1GB of RAM and 16GB internal memory.

The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD has been unveiled at the AT&T Developer Summit. Not to be confused with the original Galaxy S II Skyrocket, the new HD model features a large 4.65-inch 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display. Heading to AT&T, the Skyrocket HD supports the carrier’s 4G LTE mobile network for high-speed data.

During the CES 2012, Verizon Wireless showed the upcoming LG Spectrum LTE 4G smartphone with a 4.5-inch Ture HD IPS touchscreen with 1280×720 and 329ppi screen density. The new phone supports Verizon’s LTE 4G mobile network and gives users access to the ESPN ScoreCenter application for ScoreCenter stats, images and videos in 720p HD. Its screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass.

AT&T launches its third 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Nitro HD which is the carrier’s first smartphone to have  a true HD screen. The new Nitro HD comes with a 4.5-inch True HD AH-IPS (Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching) touchscreen with 1280×720 HD resolution (ie.329ppi) and 500 nit brightness. It supports AT&T’s LTE 4G high-speed data network.

Google and Samsung have announced the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The phone features a 4.65-inch 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel main camera with LED flash and zero shutter lag, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera for video chat, Bluetooth 3.0, integrated NFC and 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/ 5GHz) WiFi connectivity.

Some details of Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Xperia SO-02D Android phone for NTT DoCoMo have been leaked. Codenamed NOZOMI, the SO-02D is an Android 2.3 smartphone coming in November this year. It is suggested that the device will have a 4.3-inch 1280x720p touchscreen.