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Blackphone

Mobile Telephone
2014 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
SGP Technologies SA (designers)
Place of origin
China (made)
Europe (designed)
USA (designed)

Blackphone smartphone with security privacy features, rectangular in shape the screen covers most of the front of the phone with an earpiece located to the centre of the top of the screen with a small round camera lens to the right of this. To the bottom of the screen there are 2 symbols which act as buttons. The mouth piece is located on the bottom edge of the phone and is a small circular hole. There are to long thin buttons on the right hand edge of the phone one of which is the power button. Headphones and the charging cable fit in to the top edge of the phone. The reverse side of the phone has a camera located top and centre with a flash underneath. The Blackphone logo sits to the centre bottom with speaker directly underneath it.

Object details

Categories
Telecommunication
Electrical Appliances
Interiors
Household Objects
Shekou
Values of Design
Design Society
Object type
Mobile telephone
Parts
This object consists of 13 parts.

  • Mobile Telephone
  • Mobile Telephone
  • Boxes
  • Electric Cables
  • Power Cables
  • Electrical Plugs
  • Electrical Plugs
  • Electrical Plugs
  • Headphones
  • Earbuds
  • Instructions
  • Warranties
  • Digital Information
TitleBlackphone (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic and metal
Metal
Plastic
Glass
Brief description
Blackphone smartphone with security privacy features, US, 2014
Physical description
Blackphone smartphone with security privacy features, rectangular in shape the screen covers most of the front of the phone with an earpiece located to the centre of the top of the screen with a small round camera lens to the right of this. To the bottom of the screen there are 2 symbols which act as buttons. The mouth piece is located on the bottom edge of the phone and is a small circular hole. There are to long thin buttons on the right hand edge of the phone one of which is the power button. Headphones and the charging cable fit in to the top edge of the phone. The reverse side of the phone has a camera located top and centre with a flash underneath. The Blackphone logo sits to the centre bottom with speaker directly underneath it.
Dimensions
  • Cd.9 1 2015 length: 137.5mm (Note: Phone)
  • Cd.9 1 2015 width: 6.7cm (Note: Phone)
  • Cd.9 1 2015 depth: 0.6cm (Note: Phone)
  • Length: 14.9cm (Note: Box)
  • Width: 8.4cm (Note: Box of)
  • Depth: 7.1cm (Note: Box)
  • Length: 101.1cm (Note: USB Cable)
  • Width: 1cm (Note: USB Cable)
  • Length: 6.5cm (Note: Switching Power Supply)
  • Width: 4.3cm (Note: Switching Power Supply)
  • Depth: 3cm (Note: Switching Power Supply)
  • Length: 4cm (Note: 3 Pin Plug)
  • Width: 4.9cm (Note: 3 Pin Plug)
  • Depth: 4cm (Note: 3 Pin Plug)
  • Length: 3.9cm (Note: Flat 2 Pin Plug)
  • Width: 2.8cm (Note: Flat 2 Pin Plug)
  • Depth: 2.5cm (Note: Flat 2 Pin Plug)
  • Length: 3.5cm (Note: Round 2 Pin Plug)
  • Width: 3.7cm (Note: Round 2 Pin Plug)
  • Depth: 4.5cm (Note: Round 2 Pin Plug)
  • Length: 138cm (Note: Headphones)
  • Width: 1cm (Note: Earpiece)
  • Width: 9.4cm (Note: Instruction Card)
  • Length: 6.7cm (Note: Instruction Card)
  • Width: 7cm (Note: Safety and Warranty Card)
  • Length: 10cm (Note: Safety and Warranty Card)
  • Width: 9.2cm (Note: QR Card)
  • Length: 6.5cm (Note: QR Card )
Length = 137.5 mm Width = 65 mm Depth = 8 mm
Credit line
08/11/2017
Collection
Design, Architecture and Digital Department
Accession number
CD.9:1-8-2015

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1308100/blackphone-mobile-telephone/
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