If there's one symbol for the idea that privacy is on people's minds, it's the Blackphone.
The Blackphone, which goes on sale this week for $629, is billed as the first smartphone built solely with privacy and security in mind. It's certainly more secure than the average phone, but it comes with features that most consumers may not need. It's probably best for journalists and those involved in corporate security.
The phone comes from a collaboration between Spanish phone maker GeeksPhone and Silent Circle, a communications security company. It has a pleasingly slim industrial design, is extremely lightweight, and packs impressive, if not excellent, specs. It's also somewhere between an iPhone 5S and a Samsung Galaxy S5 in size. But compared to those smartphones, the Blackphone offers a very different experience.
