There’s probably about $150 worth of components in this $14,000 phone

[Wireless News]

I never needed to buy a smartphone that had “military-grade” protection, but not all smartphone users are alike. Some people may value insanely complex security-– or they just like the idea of using something that's "military-grade." The Solarin, pictured above, is supposed to be a high-end phone that has high-end security features built in.-Unfortunately, it comes from a company that has no track record, it costs $14,000, and it's not really as high-end as you-would have hoped. DON’T MISS: Is this why the iPhone 7 is so boring? Sirin Labs is a company that came out of nowhere to announce this phone, which has components that likely cost under $200 all together. The device runs an unknown operating system — though the image above seems to suggest it's Android — and it features military-grade encryption as well as a “Security Switch” that will put the phone in a “shielded mode” and-let you make secure phone calls. “Solarin comes with Zimperium state-of-the-art mobile threat protection that thwarts the broadest array of advanced device, network, and application mobile cyberattacks, without impairing usability or functionality of a top-of-the-range smartphone,” the company explained in its press release .-“In addition, Solarin incorporates the most advanced privacy technology, currently unavailable outside the agency world. Sirin Labs partnered with KoolSpan to integrate chip-to-chip 256-bit AES encryption, the same technology that militaries around the world use to protect their communications, offering the strongest possible mobile privacy protection worldwide.” The phone’s features aren’t high-end by this year’s standards, but the Solarin would be a top of the line device in 2015. It packs a 5.5-inch 2K display, a Snapdragon 810 processor, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 23.8-megapixel camera with laser-assisted autofocus, an 8-megapixel front-facing camera and a 4,040 mAh battery. It even comes with mesmerizing Wi-Fi capabilities, including WiGig (802.11ad) multi-gigabit Wi-Fi technology, and 802.11ac 2x2 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi support that’ll be useless in most households. Of course, if the phone doesn't run-Android then you'd end up with an overpriced 5.5-inch handset-that can’t run any apps, and-all that military-grade encryption probably isn't worth it. But digging deeper on the company's-website, you discover the phone indeed packs-Android under the hood, though-it's not on the latest release. Instead, it'll run Android 5.1.1 out of the box. OK, so maybe it’s a little more expensive to make than some other-flagship handsets, but if you need a $14,000 phone to make sure your chats and calls are encrypted, then you might have bigger problems to deal with than coming up with $14K. The Solarin will be available online and at the Sirin Labs website -in the UK this June. Meanwhile, don't forget to check out a trailer for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHw_wl7bmdI

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