Origin: The Blankenship name is ultimately derived from the name Blenkinsopp, which is the name of a castle in Northumberland, England.
The Blackphone clocks in at $629, which is right up there with the unlocked cost of most flagship smartphones. The device will run on a 2GHz (or higher) quad-core ARM chip, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Wondering about a microSD card for more storage? What, and let someone walk away with your data?
On March 6, 1983 Motorola started selling DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercial portable cellular telephone, at a price of $3,995. The DynaTAC 8000X was truly the first mobile telephone which could connect to the telephone network without the assistance of a mobile operator and could be carried about by the user. It weighed 28 ounces (790 g) and was 10 inches (25 cm) high, not including its flexible rubber duck whip antenna.