Sirin Labs' $1,000 cryptocurrency phone coming this November!

Sirin Labs' $1,000 cryptocurrency phone coming this November!

There are only a handful of cryptocurrency-related smartphones available to the general public, and Sirin Lab has developed one more for the crypto hungry community . The company is most famous for the $14,000 Solarin privacy phone and it is now back to launch the Finney, a device for the blockchain ccommunity.

The Finney is named after Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney, and is described as a "state of the art mobile device" for the "blockchain era." The handset bears a passing resemblance to its predecessor, yet it is the conten within the phone that counts.

At first inspection, the Finney clearly comes from the same company as the Solarin, as we can easily see from the camera frame. Fir this new model, the top fifth of the backplate now slides up in a manner that's reminiscent of an old Nokia slider.

At the back there is a secondary display, called the Safe Screen, anf that's only specifically used for crypto transactions. The company says that the Safe Screen runs on dedicated firmware that lets users check where their coinage is being sent before a payment is made. The slider also activates the cold storage wallet, which is designed to hold a significant number of different cryptocurrencies.

The Finney is running on a separate version of Android that, much like with the Solarin, the company promises has been made to be much more secure. It will need to be, given the phone offers access to a specific blockchain-related app store and the aforementioned cold wallet. Specificatiin wise, as outlined previously, the handset is running with flagship specifications, including a Snapdragon 845 and 6GB RAM.

The other notable feature, is the Token Conversion Service (TCS), which is way to overcome the Balkanized nature of cryptocurrencies. Since so many different coins are launched on a regular basis, it's hard to know the best location to place your money. TCS, however, acts as a form of automatic broker, which is set ti exchange your SRN coins into the tokens necessary to carry out a specific purchase.

Do we believe in crypto enough to switch from our iPhone to Finney? We shall have until November to decide.