Ever since smartphones were able to collect your
data, be used for banking and even just snap personal photos, smartphone makers
have worked on ways to make handsets more secure, to keep your personal
information safe from prying eyes.
Originally, the only methods to secure your
smartphone was to either use a passcode, pin number or a unique pattern, but
more recently fingerprint scanners have become a popular method to keep your
phone safe.
Fingerprint scanners aren’t the only option though.
We’ve seen in the past some smartphone makers attempt to use Iris recognition
hardware to keep phones safe, but new 2nd generation systems promise to be even
faster while being more accurate.
As the iris is a unique part of every person and
given that it remains largely unchanged from the age of 2 means that the
chances of breaking into a phone with Iris recognition software are very slim.
From a hardware point of view, it makes excellent sense to as no additional
hardware needs to be added to a phone to maintain security.
Current phones with fingerprint scanners require
special attention to the design of a fingerprint scanner, and close inspection
of where the fingerprint scanner will be located but using the front camera, a
feature on every smartphone, means that no additional hardware needs to be
designed in.
The HomTom HT10 comes with a 5.5-inch display,
Mediatek Helio X20 chipset, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, 21-megapixel main
camera and front 8-megapixel sensor. The deca-core phone also ships with
Android 6.0 out of the box and will support SD cards of up to 64GB.
The HomTom HT10 is currently on sale through online
retailer Gearbest for just US$ 159.99
