HTC launches smartphone with NFT support and Metaverse

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Taiwanese smartphone developer HTC is releasing a new “cryptophone” with support for non-fungible tokens and the metaverse after releasing a smartphone for cryptocurrency mining.

HTC introduced the new HTC Desire 22 Pro phonewith support for the Viverse metaverse, as well as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The smartphone will come with pre-installed apps that will allow users to interact with the metaverse, as well as allow users to buy NFTs and create their own virtual space.

Like previous HTC cryptophones, the newThe smartphone will come with a built-in wallet for crypto assets based on Ethereum and Polygon. According to the developers, the device is optimized to work with the lightweight HTC Vive Flow VR headset with HDCP 2.2 connectivity, which allows you to transmit images wirelessly to a virtual reality headset.

Let us remind you that earlier the company released the firstin the world, a smartphone for mining HTC Exodus 1S, with which users could mine the Monero cryptocurrency through the DeMiner application. The project was largely experimental, since, according to the developers themselves, users could mine only $1 in a year.

However, HTC does not seem to intendstop there and position the new device as a “powerful mid-range smartphone” that will not compete with Apple or Android. Among other things, the smartphone is equipped with a 6.6-inch Gorilla Glass display with a resolution of 1080 x 2412 pixels and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, as well as 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

Late last year, the Chinese company Honorreleased the first smartphone on a Snapdragon chip with support for a wallet for the digital yuan, China's state cryptocurrency, which is currently being tested by the government.