The two most popular smartphones suitable for the crypto market and already on the market are the Sirin Labs Finney and the HTC Exodus. But let's see the differences between these so-called crypto smartphones.
The Finney is built by the Israeli company Sirin Labs, and its production has been financed with a $ 150 million ICO.
Its peculiarity lies in the "secure display", which is a second screen that is activated by a hardware switch emerging from the top of the device. It is also equipped with cold storage for secure storage of tokens.
It is based on Android and costs $ 999, but a field trial does not result in performance comparable to those of other smartphones in the same price range.
Exodus, on the other hand, is produced by the famous Taiwanese company HTC, and has received praise from both Vitalik Buterin and Charlie Lee.
It has been expressly designed to better support dApp. The device is equipped with various security solutions, including the Trusted Execution Environment that protects private keys.
It costs 699 dollars, and can be purchased by paying in cryptos. The performance is comparable to that of Finney, since it has a similar processor. Also with regard to display, camera and battery is comparable to the previous one. Both of these smartphones use Android as an operating system.
In addition to these two devices, which are already on the market, others have also been announced.
First of all Pundix, also called XPhone, which should arrive on the market by the end of 2019. Its peculiarity is that it supports both Android 9.0 apps and blockchain-based Dapps, with the ability to "switch from one to another" protocol.
The XPhone will also support direct peer-to-peer calls that do not require having to go through a telephone operator.
Another phone that has been announced is the M1 of Electroneum, which costs only $ 80 and promises to make its users earn up to 3 euros per month in ETN tokens.
As a performance, however, this device is announced as slightly lower than the previous ones.
Finally, even if it is not strictly a crypto smartphone, we must remember the new top of the Samsung range, the Galaxy S10, which will mount a native crypto wallet protected with advanced security systems.
Being a top of the range its price will not be low, but the performance should be substantial. It must be said, however, that since it has not been specifically designed for the crypto market, the levels of security it guarantees will probably not be up to the other crypto smartphones.
It will be available in March and only then can you really verify how safe it can be for those who use it as a wallet for cryptocurrencies.
There is also the X-Crypto, which is not a smartphone for the crypto market: it is a high-level privacy phone specifically designed for encrypted communications. Given the name should not be confused with smartphones designed for users of cryptocurrencies.
