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Silent Circle Blackphone - Out in June for $630 US

posted by mattie_p on Monday February 24 2014, @07:29PM   
from the security-will-cost-you dept.

fliptop writes:

"Promising that orders will start shipping in June, Silent Circle has announced the Blackphone is ready for pre-orders. (Domain registered in Switzerland)

Touted as 'The high-end smartphone which puts privacy and security ahead of everything else' the Blackphone has a 4.7" screen, 2GHz quad-core CPU and 16GB storage. It also includes several Silent Circle apps.

The Blackphone makes use of a customized version of Android called PrivatOS, is fully unlocked, and the encryption can be used on any compatible network. Purchase includes a 1-year subscription to the apps; after that it's $10 a month (in addition to your carrier's charges).

In order to take advantage of the encryption, the other person you're communicating with has to have their own Blackphone or use Silent Circle apps on their Android or iOS phone."

• Burner phones (Score: 5, Interesting) by VLM on Monday February 24 2014, @08:10PM

  by VLM (445) on Monday February 24 2014, @08:10PM (#6123)

  Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper / more effective to buy burner phones?

  I'm not looking for a lifelong commitment to my phone provider where we will spend the rest of our natural lives living in the picket fence house listening to the pitter patter of little phablets growing in the house.

  A simple one night stand, about as long as my relationship with an old fashioned payphone, is quite enough for me.

  I don't have a contract right now and I like it.

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