NitroPhone is a privacy phone from Nitrokey, a German maker of open-source security hardware. It is a Google Pixel shipped sealed with the hardened, de-Googled GrapheneOS already installed and verified. For extreme threat models, Nitrokey can physically remove the phone’s microphones and motion sensors before it ships.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
NitroPhone
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Threat level
Targeted
A targeted-tier tool. Built for a real, capable adversary. Overkill for everyone below. Threat levels
Our take
If flashing a custom operating system yourself sounds daunting, the NitroPhone removes that step: it is the same Pixel-plus-GrapheneOS setup most experts recommend, done for you and delivered in a sealed box, with optional hardware changes no software setting can replicate. The catch is plain math. You pay a real premium over buying the same Pixel and flashing GrapheneOS yourself, which is free and well documented. Buy it for the convenience and the sealed supply chain, or for the microphone removal that matters to high-risk users; skip it if you are comfortable running the installer.
Website at a glance
shop.nitrokey.com
B score 75
Solid website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 4d ago
Inspect this site yourself
Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
NitroPhone alternatives
Fairphone A modular, repairable Android phone from the Netherlands with an unlockable bootloader and years of security updates, sold with the de-Googled /e/OS preinstalled through Murena.
Google Pixel Google's own Android phone line, recommended as the hardware base for a de-Googled setup because it ships with an unlockable bootloader, a Titan M secure element, and multi-year guaranteed security update commitments.
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