São Paulo – Last week, DarkMatter, from UAE, launched a smartphone that can handle being dropped, ran over and immersed for 30 minutes. The company announced KATIM® R01, which was described as the world’s first ultra-secure smartphone. The product was tested in different places such as the UAE, Finland and Canada.
In order to handle extreme conditions, the product is reinforced by five layers of hardened case, designed to meet two military standards for harsh field conditions. “We combined our expertise in secure communications with everything the mobile market expects in a handset, including a great user experience. Then we challenged the brightest minds in the industry to create a rugged design to withstand extreme field conditions experienced by defense, emergency services, and the construction, mining, transport, energy, oil and gas industries,” said Karim Sabbagh, CEO of DarkMatter Group.
Data security
In addition to the physical reinforcements, the Arab group phone also has end-to-end secure apps for chat, voice and video. The company stated the device has state-of-the-art security features to separate communications and data from the outside world. For highly confidential discussions, for example, the user may activate a mode that securely cuts off microphones and cameras to keep strangers from spying on their information.
In the press release, the group didn’t inform values or when and where the smartphone will be available.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
