What features do you look for when purchasing a smartphone? Display size and quality is something I spend innumerable minutes on. The camera is another given feature we spend hours looking at, after all we do need to keep our Snapchat scores high. Design is pretty important too as we live in an incredibly superficial age where the only ugly looking budget phones that don’t receive judgement are those indestructible Nokia ones. And finally, all these features have to fit within a suitable price tag. In this instance, the Solarin goes above and beyond what a high-end smartphone should cost.
Developed by Sirin Labs, the Solarin promises military-grade security amongst other high-end features. Flicking a tiny switch at the back of the phone will put it in an ultra-secure mode; all but the most essential sensors are disabled. Both text messages and calls are encrypted, only to be read by trusted devices carrying the Solarin Friend app. Furthermore, in this ultra-secure mode all of your data is protected by 256-bit AES encryption which is backed up by security firms Zimperium and Koolspan. If that’s not enough, there’s even a secure concierge service that monitors the state of your phone and warns you of incoming attacks. I assume they’ll also send in a SWAT team if you hit a panic button that’s sure to be on the phone.
Other than the ultra-secure mode, it’s just an average smartphone. It has a high-end Snapdragon 81c chip that’s helped by 4 GB worth of RAM. You have a large space of 120GB to store all those secret brownie recipes you don’t want your friends stealing; unfortunately there is no memory card slot. As for viewing those secretive brownie recipes, it has a 5.5-inch QHD IPS LCD display which, while not being 4K, does mean the 4,040mAH battery lasts for a while longer.
So is this a device for the average person out there? No. It seems to be solely aimed at the top 1% in an effort to help keep their data secure. Them or highly discreet desert makers.
