Solarin, World’s Most Expensive and "Secure" Smartphone 

Solarin, the smartphone is known as the ‘Rolls Royce of smartphones’, Israeli startup Sirin Labs has launched the world’s most expensive and secure smartphone priced at $17,000

Solarin uses top military-grade encryption technology to protect users’ calls and messages, it offers 256-bit AES encryption, almost similar to what the defense forces use to protect communication. The smartphone can be activated via a physical security switch located at the back of the phone.

 Sirin labs claims it has the best screen, the best daylight smart phone camera, the richest and loudest speakers, more 4G LTE bands than any other phone ever, and WiFi speeds up to ten times faster than today’s networks.

First Global smart phone with WiGig technology, it’s globally optimized, meaning Solarin “connects with the speed of a local handset anywhere in the world,” says Fredrik Oijer, Sirin Labs’ vice president of product.

Company officials say it’s also the first global smart phone with WiGig technology, offering speeds of up to 4.6Gbps, enabling near-instant cloud access, and synching of photos, videos and media.

Solarin runs on 2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, “equivalent chip found in the Galaxy S7” comes with support for 24 bands of LTE, and promises “far superior” Wi-Fi connectivity than standard mobile phones.

It features a 23.8-megapixel camera, with laser autofocus and four-tone flash. There’s an 8-megapixel front camera with flash and electrical image stabilization.

it seems they’ve consciously avoided the ostentatious bling you might expect from a phone in this price range, features a titanium and leather design which is celebrated by industrial designer Karim Rashid, who’s worked with Giorgio Armani, Alessi and Veuve Cliquot,although it isn’t as light as the Motorola Z,  as it weighs as much as 250g and measures 78mm wide x 159.8mm x 11.1mm.

Solarin has a 5.5-inch Gorilla Glass 4-protected IPS screen with LED 2K resolution. The smartphone runs on heavily skinned Android 5.1 operating system, its sound system sound uses three bass-boosted speakers, linked through a smart amplifier to maximize volume but control distortion, and can go up to 90 decibels.

 

Solarin packs a 4,000mAh battery and has 4GB of RAM and 128GB of non-expandable storage. The company claims talk-time of 31 hours (UMTS) and standby time of ‘over 2 weeks’ for the smartphone. It also comes with Qualcomm QuickCharge 2.0 support.

The smartphone comes in four colour options: Fire Black Carbon Leather with Titanium, Fire Black Carbon Leather with Diamond-like Carbon, Fire Black Carbon Leather with Yellow Gold and Crystal White Carbon Leather with Diamond-like Carbon.

 

Solarin is water/dust resistant up to IP54 level.

But is it possible to create a smart phone that is invulnerable to attack? And by declaring yourself the world’s most secure smart phone, aren’t you setting a challenge to every hacker on the planet?

“We’re not saying it’s unhackable,” says Avraham. “But at least we will detect it.

“We’ll be able to reverse-engineer the attacks, see what they tried to do. Even disinfect the phone without the user having to do anything.”

“There is 24/7 incident response at both Zimperium and Sirin that monitors all of these devices.

“There is no 100 percent secure solution, but the other alternative is to get hacked and not know about it.”

key Specifications:

Display

5.50-inch

Processor

 octa-core

Front Camera

 8-megapixel

Resolution

 1440x2560 pixels

RAM

 4GB

OS

 Android 5.1

Storage

128GB

Rear Camera

23.8-megapixel

Battery capacity

4040mAh

Video below.

Sources:  gadgets.ndtv, timesofindia