We were impressed by an earlier model Blackphone at Mobile World Congress past year, although there are plenty who are skeptical of the phone’s privacy promises. The device comes equipped with a 5.5-inch full HD display (1920 x 1080 pixels), an octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor under the hood, 3GB of RAM, and a 3,060mAh battery under the hood.
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The new device also comes pre-loaded with Silent Phone – Silent Circle’s industry-leading, private communication app – which offers encrypted, secure voice calls, conference calling, video conferencing, secure text and file transfers in one simple app. Other features of note are the ability to remotely wipe the device as well as granular control of how and where the phone’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth can connect.
Blackphone 2, the company’s second generation security phone, builds on the successes of its debut incarnation by bolstering privacy and security features, while not compromising on what many want in a modern smartphone. The phone is available for purchase in the U.S. for $799 / €715, and Silent Circle says the United Kingdom will be getting it soon enough.
The Blackphone 2 – priced at £525 – boasts its own Android-based operating system named Silent OS which enables people to fine-tune what each app, service and site can know about them through the mobile phone’s security centre. There’s also Spaces, which offers separate, secure environments for your work and personal data.
Conner continues: “Blackphone 2 combines an enhanced operating system with a suite of apps created to keep your enterprise and personal information separate and private”. However, there is also a regulated Blackphone app store that features content reviewed by Silent Circle staff for security.
When BlackBerry Priv launches, it will certainly compete closely with the Blackphone 2. “My fellow co-founders, Phil Zimmerman, Jon Callas and our CEO Bill Conner have been working tirelessly towards the goal of launching our global Enterprise Privacy Platform”.
Now, you are probably wondering about the specifications of the Blackphone.
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One of its main rivals is the GranitePhone, a $999 Brazilian device that supposedly guarantees complete endpoint security.
