Turing Robotic develops unhackable smart phone

Developers of a new water-proof, smartphone made from a special liquid metal alloy claim that is stronger than titanium and steel and is also proof against any hack attacks.

The 5.5-inch smartphone is meant to be completely unhackable, with end-to-end encryption integrated into most of the core apps on the phone. The phone is activated through a fingerprint reader on the side of the device, and is designed to keep servers and third parties out of users' business as much as possible, 'Wired.com' reported.

The device, developed by Turing Robotic Industries based in San Francisco, California and Shenzhen, China, is made of a material called liquidmorphium.

Liquidmorphium is stronger than steel or aluminum, and can protect the phone from shock and screen breakage. Apple is already using it in small quantities in the iPhone 6.

The Turing phone which has nano-coating on the internals is built on around a novel concept of waterproofing. It is not sealed off so entry of water inside is not prevented, but thanks to the nano-coating, users need to simply dry off the handset and get back to business.

The phone can be pre-ordered starting 31 July, beginning at US $610 for a 16GB model.

The Turing phone does not come with 3.5-mm jack for headphones rather it is equipped with bluetooth so music lovers can still take heart, but they would need to forget about any kind of wires which goes with the futuristic stuff that the phone is supposed to be all about.

Also, the Turing Phone uses a proprietary charger, meaning, microUSB cables have no place in the phone.

Rather, Turing Phone uses a MagSafe-like alternative because USB was rather too insecure. Also the fingerprint sensor, is on the left side of the phone, not bottom centre like the iPhone or Galaxy S6.

According to Steve Chao, CEO of Turing Robotic Industries, it was more intuitive that way.

He said the focus was three features: privacy keys, liquid metal, nano-coating. "These features are like the GPS, Wi-Fi, and camera of the early days of smartphones. People were like, 'Why do I need that?' But then they were standardised. In the future, if you don't have liquid metal, nano-coating, and a privacy key, you'll be phased out right away," Wired.com reported.