Believe or not, but the most expensive handset on the market at the moment (excluding the Sony Black Diamond), is not a new device, and it doesn’t have flashy camera or any up to date features.
It is in fact a Nokia 1110.
Yes, that is right – a Nokia 1110!
The reason appears to be because some hackers believe that by getting hold of this handset (which is no longer made or sold by Nokia), it has the ability to intercept SMS and calls. The crazy logic behind this is that these hackers think that the device is made in such a way that it can be easily used to clone another device, thereby giving them access to the info on the cloned device.
Scary stuff huh? I keep everything on my phone – if it went walkies, someone could have everything about me (it’s all password protected, but…)
It’s a bizarre rumor, especially because we know that all the information sent via SMS is encoded and only readable by the recipient – cloned phones don’t get the real info being sent as they don’t have the right SIM details for the CTN (Cellular Telephone Number). So as far as I can see, the people who fork out all the cash for the 1110 still will not have the SIM card to grab the information, and the codes are normally stuck to a time limit as well (so if it’s not on the correct CTN/CIM in a certain time, bye-bye message).
Nokia have confirmed there is no option to be able to do this. And the mobile watchdog is looking into it – just to be on the safe side.
The Nokia 1110 is currently selling for 11 (yes, that’s ELEVEN) times its weight in gold, which is at a cost of around 25,000 euro.
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