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Bittium Teams up with HMD for its Newest Secure Phone for Government

Sep 8, 2025, 11:41 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social

Bittium, the Finnish company specializing in ultra-secure phones for western government users, has announced its newest phone: the Bittium Tough Mobile 3. This model will be a significant upgrade over the current model, offering 5G, a 50 megapixel camera, 12 GB of RAM, and a 4,500 mAh battery. Bittium has teamed up with HMD to manufacture the hardware. Among the many hardware and software security features, the phone comes with a dual-boot system featuring Android 15 for personal use and Bittium Secure OS for "Confidential" level use. It has a secure element, full disk encryption, and is tamper-proof. It's also rugged, with Gorilla Glass Victus, an IP68 rating for dust and water, and a military rating for shock and drop. It's powered by a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690 FP4 chip, a chip not commonly used in phones. The phone will not be available until 2026.

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SunnyB

Sep 8, 2025, 7:05 PM

a cousin of XR21?

"teamed up with HMD to manufacture the hardware" - Does this mean at the factory in Poland(?) where HMD makes the XR21 they tout as being secure? This makes some sense because of the similarities of the two phones and because most of HMD's other phones are made by Chinese manufacturers.

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