Silent Circle today launched its next-generation smartphone, again promising Fort Knox-like security in the palm of your hand.

Announced at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress in March, Blackphone 2 is available now for $799.

Featuring a more premium design than its predecessor, the 5.5-inch 1080p handset is covered in Gorilla Glass 3 and runs a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chip. It also comes with 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and a removable microSD card slot, as well as a 3,060mAh battery and 13-megapixel camera.

The phone's Silent OS 1.1 software is built on Android, but boasts default full device encryption, and lets users control and fine-tune individual app permissions and data access. Plus, a remote-wipe setting protects content if the phone is lost or stolen. It is not NSA-proof, but offers tighter security than your average handset.

"The launch of Blackphone 2 is a game changer for the mobile sector and for the way we provide individual and enterprise privacy," Silent Circle CEO Bill Conner said in a statement. "Blackphone 2 combines an enhanced Android operating system with a suite of apps designed to keep your enterprise and personal information separate and private."

The Silent OS mobile operating system also includes "Spaces," which lets users build separate, secure environments for business data, personal information, and social apps.

"Today our privacy is increasingly threatened by governments, businesses, and individuals," Conner said. "In addition, the growing number of companies where employees work on their own devices in and out of the office means that it is ever more vital to build smartphones that deliver on privacy."

This year's follow-up marks the first component in Silent Circle's Enterprise Privacy Platform (EPP)a cloud-based mash-up of software, services, and devices that connect to the Internet for added privacy.

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"Blackphone 2 is a highly disruptive product. It is not about candy-colors, emoji keyboards, curved screens or 'the next big thing,'" Silent Circle co-founder Mike Janke said, taking a shot at popular iOS and Android devices. "It's about security, privacy and protecting your digital life, plain and simple."

During the spring's MWC, Silent Circle also announced the BlackPhone+, a 7-inch tablet that shares many of the same security and privacy-minded features found on the company's smartphones.

For more, see PCMag's Hands On with Silent Circle's Uber-Secure Blackphone 2 and the slideshow above.

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