HTC Desire 22 Pro review: HTC's 2022 metaverse-focused Viverse phone (5G Vive Flow companion).
HTC bets on the metaverse.
Desire 22 Pro tied HTC's remaining smartphone business to the Vive metaverse — a Viverse companion and NFT wallet built in. A symbolic phone of the 2022 web3 moment.
01Display
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
76/10076/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2022.
05Build
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Viverse metaverse companion to Vive Flow VR.
- Built-in NFT wallet (a 2022 pitch).
- IP67 + wireless charging.
- 5G + microSD + jack.
- SD 695 mid-tier.
- Heavy 205 g.
- Niche metaverse focus.
- Marginal HTC presence.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 125-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .