The Exodus 1 launched in October of 2018. The HTC Blockchain phone is actually a rebranded HTC U12+ with a ton of security features and a wallet for storing cryptocurrencies. In May, the Taiwanese manufacturer announced a second blockchain phone, the Exodus 1s. However, there were no details about the phone’s design, specs, and price. HTC has now revealed more details about the phone and is already taking orders.

The HTC Exodus 1s doesn’t have a see-through body like that of the Exodus 1 but the plastic back has the blueprint of the phone’s internals printed on it. It does give the phone a unique appearance and masks the original device it is actually based on.

Yes, the Exodus 1 is not a new phone from scratch but a rebranded Desire 12s. So, you have a 5.7-inch HD+ display with an 18:9 aspect ratio and not-so slim bezels at the top and bottom. There is a Snapdragon 435 processor inside paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

There is a single 13MP camera along with a fingerprint scanner on the back and another 13MP camera in front. Both sides of the phone have an LED flash. The Exodus 1s has a 3075mAh battery capacity and even though it is coming nearly a year after the Desire 12s was announced, it runs Android 8.1 Oreo; not Android Pie, not Android 10. So much for security!

The price of the Exodus 1s is €219 and  HTCwill ship it with a pair of earphones within 30 days after your order has been confirmed.

HTC says the Exodus 1s is the first mobile device with Bitcoin Full Node support. Unlike other app-based wallets which are connected to the internet and are prone to attacks, the Exodus 1s has what is called the Zion Vault. This is a wallet that is integrated with the hardware security on-board your device.

The Zion Vault uses the Trusted Execution Environment to protect your data. When carrying out transactions, the TEE activates and isolates the operating system, therefore ensuring your data is protected.

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HTC introduced a new blockchain smartphone – the Exodus 1s for crypto enthusiasts on a tight budget. The Exodus 1s is the successor to the company’s first generation blockchain smartphone – Exodus 1.

The Exodus 1s allows users to save tokens and cryptographic keys inside a secure enclave within the device. As like of the Exodus 1, some other features like the support for decentralized mobile applications and integration with Opera crypto browser also appeared in the Exodus 1s.

Phil Chen, chief officer, HTC said, “We are democratizing access to the technology for a free world. Full nodes are the most important ingredient in the resilience of the Bitcoin network, and we have lowered the barrier to entry for any person to run a node, which is simply a computer, mobile in our case, participating in a global Bitcoin network that propagates transactions and blocks everywhere, which is the foundation and fundamental definition of a peer-to-peer cash system.”

An Exodus 1 exclusive feature of providing full Bitcoin node capability is improved in the new model. For a device to act as a Bitcoin node, it has to keep a log of the entire blockchain history, which means the device has to store 200GB of data. HTC knows about this and employed the Exodus 1s with a method called pruning to solve this issue. Pruning reduces the size of the blockchain file by a huge margin – 200 GB to 10 GB.

HTC Exodus 1s supports HTC’s Zion wallet app to send, receive or request cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Ethereum based ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens.

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The company hasn’t revealed the specifications or the price tag of the Exodus 1s. Its predecessor is available at $600, and the company plans to launch Exodus 1s at almost half of that. We don’t know the exact release date of the smartphone yet, but the company has hinted release in the third quarter of 2019.

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