The smartphone should arrive on shelves in early 2013

Dec 13, 2012 00:41 GMT  ·  By

A new Android-based smartphone from Huawei has just received the necessary approvals for the Chinese market, namely the Huawei Ascend D2.

The smartphone packs a 5-inch 1080p Full HD touchscreen display, just as the HTC Butterfly and the Oppo Find 5 smartphone that was launched today.

The phone is expected to become available in China in early 2013, and might be officially unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, rumor has it.

The handset is also said to include a 1.4GHz K3V2 quad-core processor inside, along with a 13-megapixel photo snapper on the back, and a powerful 3000mAh battery.

In China, the Huawei Ascend D2 features model number D2-2012 and offers support for CDMA2000 / GSM networks. Another model is also expected to be unveiled, with support for WCDMA.

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