FP EmployeesJun 13, 2022 15:36:52 IST
There was a time when HTC was making a few of the finest Android smartphones and would go toe to toe in opposition to a few of the greatest names within the trade. Samsung, Sony, OnePlus, Motorola – HTC had some nice merchandise that made them a extremely aggressive model.
A couple of years in the past, nevertheless, the Taiwanese firm, kind of disappeared from the smartphone market. In India, the units from HTC have been significantly well-liked among the many tech group primarily as a result of they supplied a few of the finest {hardware}, together with a clear Android expertise. HTC misplaced its floor and offered a big a part of its smartphone operations to Google in 2017-18.
They’re all set to make a comeback this month, with their upcoming handset, which they are going to be saying on June 28.
HTC can be making their comeback with a brand new cellphone devoted to the metaverse and has determined to name it, the Viverse.
Other than the date of the announcement, there’s not loads of info on the market. HTC introduced its Viverse model in March 2022 to mark its ambitions for the metaverse. To that finish, the way in which to go ahead for HTC is to launch a assorted line of merchandise based mostly on the ideas of web3 and the metaverse itself.
A few years in the past, HTC had tried one thing comparable after they launched the HTC Exodus and HTC Exodus 1s. These have been a few of the first smartphones to help blockchain know-how and have been designed as a digital pockets that will carry Bitcoin and different types of cryptocurrency.
However as a result of Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies weren’t almost as well-liked again then as they’re now, the area of interest focus of constructing a smartphone solely round crypto by no means actually took off.
Now with the metaverse on the horizon, for higher or worse, HTC needs to offer its lofty smartphone ambitions one other shot. HTC’s metaverse cellphone was imagined to debut again in April, however COVID-19 outbreaks in Taiwan compelled HTC to delay its reveal.
Not rather a lot is understood in regards to the specs of the upcoming HTC Viverse, however what we do know is that the brand new smartphone can be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8-series chipset. It should additionally help HTC Vive AR and VR headsets
