{"id":101378,"date":"2022-06-29T08:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonezone.ru\/news\/htc-looks-to-the-metaverse-for-answers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T08:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:06:13","slug":"htc-looks-to-the-metaverse-for-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phonezone.ru\/news\/htc-looks-to-the-metaverse-for-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC looks to the metaverse for answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

LG officially pulled the plug on its smartphone division in April of last year. It was another signpost in a dramatically changing mobile market that had left the electronics giant behind. HTC tends to be lumped into that conversation, though the Taiwanese manufacture has \u2014 in spite of everything \u2014 continued to press on, even after Google acquired around half of the company’s phone talent and IP in 2017.
\nHTC’s mobile division has spent the last several years searching for the right angle to recapture some of that magic. In 2018, it was the HTC Exodus, which was undoubtedly ahead of the curve as a blockchain\/crypto-focused handset. That device, predictably, failed to make a dent. Now the company’s back with another trend-surfing handset, the HTC Desire 22 Pro, a \u201cmetaverse\u201d focused device it’s been teasing for a few weeks now.
\nThis time, at least, the company’s got a leg up in that department, as one of the primary manufacturers of VR headsets through its Vive line. HTC is positing the Desire 22 Pro as \u201cthe phone to carry you into the future\u201d and \u201cthe perfect companion with Vive Flow VR glasses.\u201d On the face of it, however, it’s a fairly middling mid-range device with limited claims to actual metaversiness.
\nThe product sports a 6.6-inch 1,080 x 2,412 display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. Inside you’ve got Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 695 5G, coupled with 8GB or RAM and 128GB of storage. Any actual metaverse functionality appears to be little more than marketing from a company struggling to rediscover its footing in the cruel and unforgiving world of mobile phones.
\nImage Credits: HTC
\nIt does, however, apparently sport a digital wallet and an NFT, as evidenced by the above images of cats posing as classical artwork. Though, as noted, such functionality appears to be limited to select markets.
\nIf all of that sounds good for some reason, the handset is up for preorder now and set to start shipping August 1.
\nHTC looks to the metaverse for answers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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