[Aeolian]

Sirin Solarin smartphone was launched in May 2016. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2560 pixels.

The Sirin Solarin is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 128GB of internal storage cannot be expanded. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Sirin Solarin packs a 23.8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies.

The Sirin Solarin runs Android 5.1 and is powered by a 4040mAh non removable battery.

The Sirin Solarin is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope and Barometer.

Solarin's hardware specs

• 5.5-inch LED display (2,540x1,440 pixel resolution)
  
• 23.8-megapixel camera
  
• 8-megapixel front-facing camera with flash
  
• Wi-Gig technology (speeds of up to 4.6Gbps)
  
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor
  
• 4,000mAh battery
  
• 128GB storage, 4GB RAM
  

Pricing:

The phone comes in four styles, which become increasingly more expensive depending on the material. For example, the crystal white-carbon variant -- which has black diamond, black crystal, white carbon and leather -- costs $15,900 before taxes. If you really wanted to, you could buy the Solarin now online or at a few stores in London.

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[mothered]

The cost Is ridiculous. I can buy 3 Dell (over-priced piece of plastic) Alienware lappies for that price and still have money to spare.

I don't like the non removable battery. In the event the phone freezes and a cold reboot fails, there's hardly any options left.

[Lokes]

Not sure if it's worth to invest so much into a phone. As mothered said, you can do way more, and most important, better things, than spending it on a phone.

Feature-wise it doesn't really have a lot more than your average phone, its numbers are just over the roof, but in the end it will still be a phone.

Wondering, what kind of people would actually go for it, since all the "celebs" or rich people usually gun for prestigeous items from prestigeous companies like apple or even samsung.

[Izabella]

wtf who would pay so much money for just a PHONE?

[Infinitum]

for those who didn't understand yet - it's not for the normal rich person. It's for the people that need high security in their communications, transfers, emails and stuff. They purpose a very efficient secure mode where every call, every message, every mail etc is secured.

That is the main reason why people buy it, not because it's expensive or because it has insane specs. it's for the security.

[Ecks]

For security Black Phone is a better alternative, for any other reason you can get a 20$ HTC whose specs far outdo this.

[Blink]

for those who didn't understand yet - it's not for the normal rich person. It's for the people that need high security in their communications, transfers, emails and stuff. They purpose a very efficient secure mode where every call, every message, every mail etc is secured.

That is the main reason why people buy it, not because it's expensive or because it  has insane specs. it's for the security.

Silent Circle makes cheaper phones with the same security.
However, I wouldn't trust either as you can't check the code for backdoors and stuff.

Copperhead OS is probably as secure as you can get with Android. It's open source too.
Check it out here: https://copperhead.co/android/


The Sirin phone is BS. No point in getting it.

[Aeolian]

for those who didn't understand yet - it's not for the normal rich person. It's for the people that need high security in their communications, transfers, emails and stuff. They purpose a very efficient secure mode where every call, every message, every mail etc is secured.

That is the main reason why people buy it, not because it's expensive or because it  has insane specs. it's for the security.

Just going to quote this because it's exactly right.

I posted this knowing it was too expensive, I don't need everyone saying its too pricey.