This is probably the world’s most secure smartphone right now
Meet Bittium’s Tough Mobile 2C
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Dual- and multi-booting computers is a popular practice among experienced users because it allows them to have several separate personae. Many maintain such a setup because of security concerns and it’s a bit of a surprise this trend hasn’t caught up on mobile, until now.
Straight from Finland, the country that provided us with one of the most popular (semi-rugged) phones ever, theNokia 3310, comes the Bittium Tough Mobile 2C.
It’s arugged smartphonethat’s as tough outside as it is on the inside, but with the subdued look of a classic BlackBerry - a properbusiness mobile.
Secure smartphone
The phone runs on a hardened Android 9 and Bittium’s own Secure OS, which is a fork of Android - and it also comes with a free Yubiko 5 NFCsecurity keyincluded.
The twooperating systemsare totally isolated from each other, with full data and secure element separation, plus the device features always-onVPNand support for Bittium’s very ownmobile device management. It’s a shame no mobileendpoint protectionis included, though.
The device itself is both MIL-STD-810G and IP67 certified, which means it can take a few knocks. It also comes with a hardware-based privacy mode that can be activated with a single button press, disabling Bluetooth, the microphone and camera, and reducing sensor accuracy.
No pricing information is available quite yet, but given theTough Mobile 2retails for as much as £1,207.50 (roughly $1,800/AU$2,460), don’t expect this new model to come cheap.
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We’re in touch with Bittium about reviewing the the Tough Mobile 2C, so keep your eyes peeled.
Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled inwebsite buildersandweb hostingwhen DHTML and frames were in vogue and started narrating about the impact of technology on society just before the start of the Y2K hysteria at the turn of the last millennium.
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