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Huawei's top devices of MWC 2012 (photos)

Huawei showed off more than a handful of smartphones and tablets in Barcelona, Spain, including the quad-core MediaPad tablet and Ascend D Quad.

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Huawei MediaPad

Does the 10.1-inch Huawei MediaPad look familiar to you? The design highly resembles the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, but the MediaPad breaks away with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a quad-core processor, and its own skin. Get all the details Huawei MediaPad.
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Another view

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Back side

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Recent apps

Ice Cream Sandwich's recent apps tray in action.
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More sreens

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Huawei Ascend D Quad

Claiming that it has the "world's fastest smartphone," Huawei also introduced the Ascend D Quad, a sleek, large, and tempting device made with a chip of Huawei's own making.
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Native Ice Cream Sandwich

Huawei lets ICS do all the talking.
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Side view

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Back

That's an 8-megapixel camera lens you're seeing.
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Gameplay

This conference-goer is intent on playing a game.
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Camera software

Huawei adds its own touches here.
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Like silly faces?

So does Huawei, expanding on the native ICS filters.

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