Blackphone 2, world’s first secure smartphone to send encrypted messages, launches in Hong Kong
Advanced 4G smartphone offers consumers the means “to take back control of their privacy”
Blackphone 2, the new model of the world’s first smartphone specifically designed to deliver privacy and security, is available from today in selected markets around the world, including Hong Kong.
This advanced 4G smartphone marks a big departure within the Android market as it eschews candy colours, emoji keyboards and fancy curved displays to focus on enterprise-class security.
“Most of the Android [ecosystem] focus has been clearly on the consumer,” Bill Conner, the president and chief executive at Blackphone 2 maker Silent Circle, told the South China Morning Post. “What we’re trying to take a leadership role for Android is in the enterprise space.”
Blackphone 2 runs Silent OS - an enhanced version of Google’s Android operating system — to provide full encryption by default. That means even selfies taken and sent by a user through this device are encrypted.
Conner said Blackphone 2 offers both enterprises and consumers the means “to take back control of their privacy” amid the current environment where it is often at risk.