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?
Conference phones for large rooms will generally range from $500 to upwards of $1,200 or more. The more expensive models have extendable microphones for large conference spaces, as well as speaker detection technology that focuses the mic on whoever is speaking at that moment.