I'm really excited to see the progress of the Android wallet development being shared in the discord - little teasers here and there! What I really can't wait for though is development of the iOS wallet! That said, having had iPhones for many years I am now seriously considering jumping ship and perhaps going down the Pixel phone route. It seems that all crypto projects focus on Android initially and in this respect Galilel is no different.
Perhaps somebody here could explain to me the pros and cons of the GALI desktop wallet versus the soon to be released GALI mobile wallet. I appreciate that it is still in development and so there is no telling what the functionality will be, but as a general rule, what limitations should one expect and security risks should one consider with mobile wallets compared with desktop wallets?
First of all there won't be an iOS wallet for now. The app store is more restrictive with regard to crypto currency wallets. You need to register/incorporate as an organisation in order to upload a crypto wallet to the app store. That's the main reason why most coins only offer android mobile wallets if at all.
The advantage of a mobile wallet is that those wallets are online 24/7 since mobile phones usually are never turned off. This increases the network weight. They are also less resource intensive since they utilize a light node.