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thanks for the input. are there dangers with storing btc on your phone?

There are two dangers particular to mobile devices:

1. Losing your bitcoins when you lose, break, or wipe your phone: You must back up your wallet or wallet seed. If you do, then you can always restore your wallet on another phone.

2. Losing your bitcoins through theft of the phone. If your wallet is not encrypted, then somebody can steal your bitcoins by stealing your phone. The wallet must be encrypted and allow access only with a password. If you do that, then nobody can steal your bitcoins.

Do not use a wallet that does not protect against either of these dangers.

3. If the wallet is encrypted, there are still malwares that target specifically smartphones, that are capable to log keystrokes and send them back in SMS to the bad guy, so be careful with this also.

not to mention that mobile are more susceptible to malware, they are more vulnerable overall in comparison to a desktop

i'll never store more than what i need in a mobile, actually i'm not usin them at all for that, i would prefer to pay with some other HW wallet, if there will be ever the option

Well they are already making Bitcoin Debit cards, that are real debit cards but just for bitcoin, so if your average merchant has a card reader and would accept bitcoin.

It could be done eventually.