Google-owned Motorola Mobility has announced its latest Android-powered smartphone, the Motorola Atrix HD, via its website. The follow-on to the Atrix, which was launched locally in August last year, sports a design very similar to that of the Motorola Razr.

Like the Razr, its back cover is adorned with DuPont Kevlar fiber in the distinctive microweave pattern. The smartphone is not quite as thin as the sleek Razr (7.1 mm at its thinnest point), but at 8.4 mm thick, users should have no problem slipping into the back pocket of their tightest pair of skinny jeans.

Motorola’s Atrix HD is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU (make not specified) and boasts a large enough display not to be dwarfed by the Samsung Galaxy S3's 4.8" (720 x 1280) Super AMOLED or HTC One X's 4.7" (720 x 1280) Super IPS LCD. The Atrix HD packs a 4.5" HD (720 x 1280) ColorBoost TFT LCD, protected by a Corning Gorilla glass display panel.  

This smartphone operates on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) out of the box, so users will not have to wonder if and when it will be updated. Well, at least not for ICS, since Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) has already been unveiled and is becoming available (at least Stateside) for some mobile devices in mid-July, including some of Motorola Mobility’s Xoom tablets.