Cyber security firm Sirin Labs has unveiled a smartphone dubbed Sirin V3 equipped with the highest level of security features. The smartphone which is basically a rebadged Samsung Galaxy S21 is available right away on the Sirin website and costs $2,650.

Samsung is underscoring its potentials with these Galaxy-themed smartphones, and the company has found a worthy partner in Sirin for the costly Galaxy S21 version. There are no hardware changes between the original Galaxy S21 (sells for $799) and the Sirin V3 except for the enhanced military-grade security features and apps pre-installed by Sirin Labs.

The Sirin V3 can provide beyond-average information security and cyber protection. The smartphone’s user interface has a Dual-Personal feature that will enable users to seamlessly switch between a personal mode and a confidential workspace mode. Users can install apps from Google Play Store using the Personal mode, with enhanced protection against viruses and malware. You can also restrict whitelist or blacklist apps under the personal mode and disallow several activities that could be risky. These include keyboard replacement, USB debugging, Safe Mode, Factory Reset, and Download-Mode on boot.

The security credentials of the Sirin V3 come to the fore when in the Confidential Work Space mode. It offers military-grade encrypted calls that are pretty difficult to track. The encrypted call is made via an app that comes with the smartphone. You cannot add to the pre-installed apps in this mode either from Google Play Store or anywhere else. When in this encrypted mode, voice recording is disallowed, and several other activities could expose the device to breaches.

While the security features available in the Sirin V3 could endear it to a segment of the market, the device remains very expensive at $2,650. of course, this means it is not meant for everyone. However, it is listed on the brand’s website.

This is the second foray of Sirin Labs into the market after its first effort in 2018. That was when Sirin Labs launched the Finney as the world’s first blockchain smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy S21+ has been in the news in an unprecedented frequency and it doesn’t look like that will stop anytime soon. Just a couple of days back,  we saw the first live image of the Galaxy S21+, and recently, more details of the product emerged. Right now, a video of the next-generation Samsung flagship has appeared online.

The YouTube video was posted by the YouTube channel Random Stuff 2 and is about 4-minutes long, enough to give us a detailed first look at the device.  It also confirms most of the details that have leaked concerning the Galaxy S21 series.

When the design is compared to the Galaxy S20 line up, the device noticeably has an improved, razor-thin bezel. The device features a 6.7-inch 120Hz screen which an immersive viewer experience will look better on, thanks to the trimmed bezels which are uniform on all sides.

Previous leaks show that the Galaxy S21 series will adopt a new camera design. The Galaxy S21+ features three cameras on the rear.

The model that leaked in the video is said to be a pre-production PVT (Production Validation Test) unit, according to tipster Max Jambor. There will be a matte black finish on the final model. But the good thing is we have now confirmed what the Galaxy S21+ will look like.

The leaker behind the 4-minute video claims to have had the opportunity of using the flagship phone for over two weeks. Tipster Max Weinbach also suggests that the leaked smartphone unit is likely a carrier unit, either from T-Mobile or Metro which may have been given out for network connectivity testing before the launch.

We didn’t get to see the camera samples as the cameras were not tested in the video. The leaker hinted, though, that he wasn’t too impressed by the camera because certain shots got too saturated in that the blues are too blue and the greens are too green.

The video also shows the device running the GeekBench app and the test suggests the device is the Snapdragon 888-powered model. The Galaxy S21+ polled a single-core test score of 1,115 points and on the multi-core test, it scores an impressive 3,326 points.

Samsung is expected to officially announce the Galaxy S21 series on January 14.

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Samsung has been relatively generous with leaks surrounding the next-generation Galaxy flagship – the Galaxy S21. If we consider that the device is set to be released in January, then the leaks aren’t coming in too early. Not too long after we saw the purported real-life images of the Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Ultra, a new leak has emerged said to be the display glass panel of the three Galaxy S21 models.

The image containing the glass panels was posted by the noted Samsung leaker Ice universe on his Instagram page. The picture provides us with a side by side size comparison and also affirm the previous renders of the Galaxy S21 models.

The Galaxy S21 trio will have a near-bezel-less display of which the bottom bezel is slightly thicker than the side and top bezels but the difference is negligible.

The panels also show that all the models won’t have any form of cut-outs on their displays. Recall that Samsung used a punch-hole design on the Galaxy S20 models. The company may shift to an under-screen display type for the new model.

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is shown to have a 6.9-inch screen size while the Galaxy S21 Plus will feature a 6.7-inch display. Finally, the base Galaxy S21 model will pack a 6.3-inch screen size.

The recent leak of the Galaxy S21 models gave us a glimpse of the rear aspects of the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy S21 Plus. The Galaxy S21 Ultra is said to pack a 108MP main camera as well as a 12MP ultrawide-angle sensor and two 10MP telephoto shooters with one of them having 10x optical zoom capability.

On the other hand, the Galaxy S21+ camera configuration is given to include a 12MP main sensor and a 12MP ultrawide camera alongside a 64MP telephoto module. The two models will feature glass panels donning a matte finish.

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