The Solana Saga, the smartphone created by former Essential employees, went up for pre-order last year for a deposit of $100 toward the full $1,000 price tag. Now customers who paid that deposit can actually buy the phone, and folks who didn’t get in on the early action can join a waitlist…Â if that’s something […]
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OSOM OV1 becomes the Solana Saga, set to ship in 2023 as a web3 (crypto) phone
If you’ve been waiting for more news about the OSOM OV1 smartphone, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s coming soon. The bad news is that it won’t quite what OSOM had originally promised. Instead of a smartphone running privacy-first, Android-based software developed by some of the folks behind the […]
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HTC reveals specs for its cheap blockchain phone
HTC has become a bit player in the smartphone space in recent years, but the company is trying to carve out an unusual niche for itself by releasing a series of blockchain phones. Last year’s HTC Exodus 1 is a $699 smartphone that can double as a cryptocurrency wallet and function as a full node. […]
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HTC Exodus 1s coming in Q3, 2019 (A cheaper blockchain phone)
As expected, HTC is doubling down on the idea of blockchain smartphones… but it turns out the company’s next phone isn’t so much a follow-up to last year’s HTC Exodus 1 as it is a cheaper alternative. HTC has announced that the Exodus 1s will be available in the third quarter of 2019 and it’s expected […]
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HTC’s second blockchain phone is coming this year
HTC isn’t the major player in the smartphone space it once was, but the company did release one of the more unusual phones of 2018 — the HTC Exodus 1. It’s an Android phone with built-in blockchain hardware and software, allowing you to use it as a cryptocurrency wallet and support for decentralized “web 3.0” […]
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Sirin’s Finney blockchain phone goes up for pre-order
The Finney is a smartphone with a 6 inch display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and… a bunch of features that let you use the phone as a cold storage wallet for cryptocurrency. Sirin Labs unveiled plans to launch the Finney earlier this year and now it’s up for […]
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HTC’s Exodus 1 Blockchain phone goes up for order for 0.15 BTC ($960)
The HTC Exodus 1 is a premium smartphone with decent specs, an interesting looking design, and a few truly unusual features: It has a secure enclave and “Zion Wallet” for storing blockchain/cryptocurrency data. You can only buy the Exodus 1 using cryptocurrency. The smartphone is up for pre-order for 0.15 BTC (Bitcoin) or 4.78 ETH […]
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Cryptocurrencies: HTC’s blockchain phone coming this fall, Opera builds Cypto Wallet into mobile browser
1 Comment on Cryptocurrencies: HTC’s blockchain phone coming this fall, Opera builds Cypto Wallet into mobile browserA couple of months ago HTC announced that it was working on a blockchain smartphone called the HTC Exodus. Now the company has posted a website for the phone, and while it’s short on details, HTC says it’ll offer an “early access” version of the phone in the third quarter of 2018. With dedicated hardware […]
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HTC is developing a blockchain phone (too)
Like the idea of a smartphone that can also serve as a secure digital wallet for your cryptocurrency transactions and other decentralized apps… but don’t want to spend $1,000 on the Finney smartphone from a startup called Sirin Labs that’s never actually launched a phone before? HTC may have you covered. The company is developing […]
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Sirin Labs Finney is a blockchain smartphone with flagship specs (and pricing)
Sirin Labs plans to launch a “blockchain smartphone” called the Finney later this year, offering a flagship Android device that also happens to have dedicated hardware that lets it work as a secure “cold storage” crypto wallet for storing cryptocurrency data. In other words, it’s both a smartphone and a secure blockchain-based device for authenticating […]