The luxury-focused smartphone brand Vertu has adopted Web3 with the new Metavertu handset. It sports a number of 'normal' flagship-grade features such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered device and a large FHD+ AMOLED display, yet purports to augment them with features such as a "secure chip" for the user's blockchain activities, not to mention a choice of premium finishes that include an alligator leather rear panel that pushes the Metavertu's USD asking price into five figures.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Vertu-Metavertu-is-a-new-Web3-smartphone-that-can-be-configured-to-cost-US-41-500.664183.0.html
You know what else can be configured to $41.5k? A really nice car that will last you a lot longer and be of infinite more use.
If one of these things has an actual customer base more than a 100, maybe the company could get a custom SoC made for that kind of price. Instead of using a boring old Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
No one is buying a phone that costs this much when EOL ona phone is a mere 15-2 years.