Huawei Ascend D1 Q High-End Quad-Core Smartphone

After unveiling the Ascend P1 and Ascend P1 S handsets at CES 2012, Huawei is now gearing up to present a high-end smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of the month. This mobile goes by the name of the Ascend D1 Q and boasts a large screen and a quad-core processor.

As it battles to become a brand in its own right—and a strong one, at that—Chinese manufacturer Huawei is gradually turning its attention towards the high end of the market. It's therefore no surprise to see the Ascend D1 Q emerge to pave the firm's way into the top-of-the-range mobile sector.

For the last six months (or more), Huawei has been trying to shake off its image as the sub-contractor and unbranded product maker, in an attempt to impose its name as a genuine brand with a good range of well-designed, well-made devices (aluminium casings, slim designs, powerful components, etc.). That's a very different strategy to its rival ZTE, another Chinese unbranded handset maker that's been trying to break into the market with its own-brand entry-level phones. 

Hopefully, then, we'll see this higher-end Huawei phone hit the market soon ... although we're still waiting for news on the Huawei Honor's arrival in Europe ... 

The Ascend D1 Q runs on a quad-core processor, but that's all we know about its CPU for the time being. The phone has been spotted in a pre-Mobile World Congress teaser, and is expected to be unveiled at the MWC event in Barcelona at the end of February. 

Following the slimline Ascend P1 and P1 S mobiles on show at CES in Las Vegas, this is the third higher-end smartphone Huawei has been seen flashing around in the first quarter of 2012 alone. This change in the brand's strategy is certainly ambitious, and we'll be keen to see what the phone's made of when we head over to Barcelona for the MWC next week. Stay tuned for updates!

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