After Solana, Ethereum launches its own Web3 mobile phone. Through this initiative, this very popular blockchain achieves a giant step towards decentralization. At the moment, this technological object is available for pre-order. Overview !
Ethereum launches Web3 smartphone
Announced in 2022, Solana’s web3 phone, Saga, launched last April. Objective : make cryptocurrencies, and consequently the “web of tomorrow”, more mobile.
Four months later, Ethereum also announces the advent of a similar product.
” Congratulations to Ethereum Phone who is preparing to ship pre-orders!
EthOS 2.0 includes Nimbus lightweight web proxy allowing apps on phone to independently verify data received from hosted nodes/external endpoints.
This is a big step forward for reduce Ethereum user dependency with respect to the centralized infrastructure. »
As for the official communication from Ethereum, here is its translation:
” GM. THE ethOS phone preorders have arrived !
Are you ready for the first physical phone with ethOS pre-installed? »
According to Newspaper CornerEthereum elected the Google Pixel 7a as a mobile phone model suitable for its purpose of decentralizing Web3. This technological gadget, which embeds the Ethereum OS (ethOS), will convey the great values of the largest smart contracts platform : decentralization, transparency and resistance to censorship.
For now, the Ethereum Phone is only available for pre-order to customers in North America (US and Canada) and those in Europe.
Some features of this innovative product
As mentioned above, Ethereum Phones arrive with thepre-installed ethOS. According to U°Todaythis Web3 smartphone, this software embeds several modules facilitating access to the amenities of Ethereum.
Among others, we quote:
- there integrated decentralized messaging ;
- the crypto wallet without deposit;
- Ethereum Name Service (ENS) decentralized payment and integration tool;
- etc.
Another important feature included in the web3 ETH smartphone is running a lightweight node software client for Ethereum’s decentralized network.
Regarding the reservation of the Ethereum phone, against the backdrop of the pre-order campaign, be aware that the ETH community will be served first. Its developers specified that the future owners of this technological object will have to first hit specific NFTs and associated with this campaign.
At the moment, the mint price of this non-fungible token is set at 0.39 ether. Based on the price of ETH at the time of writing this article, $1,646.06 per coin, the advertised Web3 smartphone is worth around $592.
U°Today also clarified that customers will have the option to request a refund one year after purchase.
Currently, we have about 3 Web3 mobile phones: MetaVertu’s luxury Vertu smartphone, Solana’s Saga and ethOS powered Google Pixel 7a.
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