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World’s costliest smartphone launched at Rs 9 lakh: 10 must-know facts

New Delhi: Sirin Labs has officially unveiled its high-end $14,000 (over Rs 9 lakh) Android smartphone, Solarin. The device was launched on Tuesday at an event in London, venturebeat.com reported. Here are 10 facts you

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New Delhi: Sirin Labs has officially unveiled its high-end $14,000 (over Rs 9 lakh) Android smartphone, Solarin. The device was launched on Tuesday at an event in London, venturebeat.com reported.

Here are 10 facts you should know:

  1. The Solarin smartphone comes with a chip-to-chip 256-bit encryption, which is similar to what the military uses to protect communications.
  2. This new smartphone has a special switch at the back that flips it into a cybersecure mode, which allows only outgoing voice calls and securely encrypted messaging. 
  3. Security is Sirin Labs' main focus and is loaded with features from third-party companies such as mobile security, anti-cyberattack software from Zimperium and more.
  4. In the back, there's a large sapphire glass cover for the camera lens and flash, also with an integrated fingerprint sensor. 
  5. Sirin Solarin comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and a 5.5 inch IPS LED 2K resolution screen.
  6. The luxury smartphone has a 24-megapixel main camera with laser autofocus, quad-tone flash, optical image stabilisation and an 8-megapixel front camera with flash.
  7. The device also supports 4k video recording at 30fps and will give electrical image stabilisation and HD video recording at 60fps.
  8. The company claims that the device will give a "far superior" Wi-Fi connectivity.
  9. The smartphone comes with a 4,040mAh li-ion battery, which the company claims to have a talk time of 31 hours (UMTS), standby time of 'over 2 weeks' and Qualcomm QuickCharge 2.0 support.
  10. The device will be available at Sirin Labs’ first retail store in Mayfair (34 Bruton Place), London from June 1 and at Harrods, Knightsbridge from June 30.

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