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?
Blackphone buyers get two years free SpiderOak service included. They also get two yearsâ of Disconnect (capped at 1GB/month), a secure/non-trackable search product that deploys a VPN to anonymise Internet browsing on Blackphone. Unlimited use of Kismetâs Wi-Fi analyzer product is also bundled into the package.