For the emerging cryptocurrency market, numerous hardware products are emerging one after another. A series of products are trying to get a share of the cryptocurrency market under the name of blockchain technology. However, blockchain smartphones seem to be more able to capture the hearts of consumers. Veteran players in the smartphone market, or emerging blockchain start-ups are coming in one after another, trying to apply blockchain technology to the smartphone field.
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HTC：Exodus
The smartphone and VR maker sold some of its mobile business to Google earlier this year after years of declining sales, but that doesn't mean the company is giving up on the smartphone market. Today, HTC seems to be trying to achieve "rebirth" with the help of blockchain.
In May of this year, HTC announced that it planned to produce an Android smartphone using blockchain technology and named the phone "Exodus". It is reported that this blockchain mobile phone is planned to be released in the third quarter of 2018, and project details and parameters will be announced successively.
HTC revealed that it envisages building a native blockchain network with Exodus mobile phones as nodes, and allows users to save private data such as their identity information through mobile devices.Additionally, the device will also support cold wallet storage solutions for cryptocurrencies.
The phone will support Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other major cryptocurrencies, with more partners expected in the future.
It is reported that HTC has also cooperated withBlockchain game CryptoKitties (CryptoKitties)reached a cooperation.Both the flagship U12 Plus and Exodus released in May can download this blockchain game application. Users can create, cultivate and sell encrypted cats based on the Ethereum platform, but the application download is only available for the US market.
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Sirin Labs：Finney
Sirin Labs has launched a smartphone "Solarin", which sells for as much as $16,000. In November last year, the company received $157.8 million in funding through an ICO and began developing an open-source blockchain smartphone and a blockchain computer.
In April this year, Sirin Labs and Foxconn signed an agreement to jointly develop and manufacture the world's first affordable blockchain mobile phone“Finney”, and plans toSales begin in the first quarter of 2019. According to the company, Finney is expected to retail for $999 (about 6300 RMB).
From the parameters of the mobile phone, the Finney is not much different from a normal smartphone. But the difference is that Finney makes it easier for users to store and use virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, and tries to make virtual currencies more widely integrated into daily transaction payments. Sirin Labs claims that the product ecosystem, including the all-in-one PC, will form an independent blockchain network, or IOTA Tangle technology provides support.
The blockchain network will operate without a mining center and will use the SNR token as its default currency.At the same time, Finney will run on the Sirin OS system developed based on Android.In addition to the use of SRN tokens, SIRIN OS also supports inherent blockchain applications, such as cold storage encrypted wallets, secure exchange access, encrypted communication and P2P payment application resource sharing ecosystem. Sirin Labs said that Finney can automatically convert tokens for use in decentralized applications without the need to obtain different cryptocurrencies through exchanges.
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Huawei: Silently making big moves
Although he was born in hardware technology, Huawei's views on blockchain are not limited to algorithm mechanisms.Huawei blockchain director Zhang Xiaojun once said"The blockchain of the future is an ecology that integrates cloud, network, and chips." As the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer, although it has not publicly announced the development of blockchain smartphones, Huawei is no stranger to blockchain technology. .
As early as 2016,Huawei has joined the Financial Blockchain Cooperation Alliance, to explore the consortium blockchain and application scenarios dedicated to financial institutions. In March this year, the State Intellectual Property Office released the latest patent application announcement, revealing that,Huawei applies for a patented invention, which uses blockchain technology to realize the verification function supporting P2P content distribution network, aiming to protect digital intellectual property rights.
As previously introduced, the blockchain mobile phone Finney will be equipped with the Sirin OS system.In February this year, Huawei had a meeting with Sirin Lab, the developer of the Sirin OS system.。Although the two parties did not disclose further details, Huawei also seems to be working hard to obtain a license to use the SIRIN OS system to implement the operating system and support DApps on Android.
It is reported thatIt is reported that, BTC’s listing application has been reviewed by AppGallery, and it is now officially listed in some countries and regions, but not including mainland China.
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also,Changhong, Lenovo and many other manufacturers have also begun to set foot in the field of blockchain mobile phones. However, a simple review found that although major manufacturers have put blockchain smartphones on the agenda, most of them are still in the conceptual stage. For investors in cryptocurrencies, blockchain smartphones are an attractive selling point. If the user experience is poor or useless, blockchain smartphones are just a gimmick to attract people's attention. Whether it is blindly rubbing hot spots or technological innovation can only be verified by time.
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