How much does it cost and does it ship to all of Australia? +
$649 AUD. Express Post shipping is included to every Australian address — including regional areas like Tasmania, Queensland, and country zones. No hidden fees. Your order ships within 48 hours of purchase.
Will my SIM card work? Vodafone, Telstra, Optus? +
Yes. The Ghost Edition is completely carrier-unlocked. Every Australian carrier works immediately — Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, ALDI Mobile, Boost, amaysim, and all others. Insert your existing SIM and it works. You also keep your current number and plan. Nothing changes from your carrier's perspective.
Can I use this phone overseas? +
Yes. The Ghost Edition is carrier-unlocked globally. Insert any local SIM anywhere in the world, or use an international eSIM. No region restrictions, no carrier lock, no additional configuration. It works identically whether you are in Melbourne, London, or Tokyo.
Can it be tracked? By anyone? +
Your Ghost Phone eliminates every standard digital tracking vector. GPS tracking by apps is blocked at the OS level. Wi-Fi tracking is defeated by per-connection MAC address randomization. IMSI catcher surveillance (fake cell towers used by law enforcement and criminals) is mitigated by LTE-only mode. Forensic tools like Cellebrite and GrayKey cannot extract data from a locked device. One honest caveat: your SIM card still logs call records and SMS at the carrier tower — this applies to every phone on earth. For truly private communications, use Signal over data instead of standard calls. For maximum anonymity, use a cash-purchased prepaid SIM.
Do I need to provide ID or personal info to set up the phone? +
No ID is required. The Ghost Edition arrives fully pre-configured — you simply insert a SIM and turn it on. GrapheneOS requires no Google account, no email, and no personal information to function. For maximum identity separation: purchase a prepaid SIM with cash at a convenience store. No registration is required for prepaid SIMs under $150 credit in Australia. Your device and your SIM then have no name attached to either.
What about dual profiles — can I use it as a normal phone AND as a ghost phone? +
Exactly. This is one of the most powerful features. You run two completely isolated profiles on the same device. Your daily profile has Instagram, Gmail, banking apps, Spotify — your normal life. Your private profile has encrypted messaging, crypto wallets, and sensitive documents — completely invisible to the daily profile. Each profile has independent encryption keys. Switch between them in one second. They share your SIM (and phone number), but neither profile can see the other's apps, files, messages, or data.
Can I get a VPN? Does it work properly? +
Yes. VPN apps run normally and the Ghost Edition includes a hardware-level VPN kill switch — if the VPN drops, all traffic is blocked immediately with zero leaks. We recommend Mullvad VPN: it accepts cash and Monero, requires no email or account to subscribe, and has a fully audited no-logs policy. Your VPN provider also has no record of your identity.
Is it suitable for use as a crypto wallet? +
Absolutely — this is one of the primary use cases. The Ghost Edition runs Cake Wallet (Monero), Blue Wallet (Bitcoin), and any EVM wallet in a cryptographically isolated environment. You can dedicate an entire separate profile exclusively to crypto — its own encryption keys, no other apps, network access controlled at the OS level. SIM swap attacks — the most common method of crypto theft — are also significantly harder when your phone locks attackers out at both the hardware and OS level simultaneously.
Can I install normal Android apps — Instagram, WhatsApp, banking apps? +
Yes. All of them. Through the Sandboxed Google Play environment, you install every app exactly as you would on any Android phone. Confirmed working: Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB, Westpac, Revolut, Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Uber, Spotify, Gmail, Google Maps, and hundreds more. The Ghost Edition is not a restricted device. It is a full-featured Android phone — the difference is that every app runs in cryptographic isolation with explicit permission controls.
Why not just install GrapheneOS myself? The web installer looks easy. +
The GrapheneOS web installer is a good tool. But here is what it does not do. The web installer leaves your bootloader unlocked at the end of the process. An unlocked bootloader disables verified hardware boot, leaves the Titan M2 chip in a degraded state, and creates a physical attack surface any attacker with 30 seconds of USB access can exploit — regardless of how clean the OS install is. The fact that the process is reversible is precisely the problem: if you can unlock it, so can an attacker. Professional re-locking of the bootloader after flashing requires a precise sequence to complete without data loss or brick risk. The web installer also installs GrapheneOS with default settings — functional, but not hardened. Profile isolation, network permission scoping, and sandbox configuration each require expert setup. The Ghost Edition arrives with all of that done. You are not paying for a 20-minute install. You are paying for the cryptographic re-lock, the expert hardening, the PDF guide, the consultation, and a device you can trust from the moment you turn it on.
Why is it cheaper than other encrypted phones costing $1,000–$3,000? +
Most $1k–$3k "secure phones" are marketing-heavy products from overseas suppliers running modified, often closed-source Android builds — unaudited, sometimes with questionable supply chains. They charge for the brand and the mystique. GrapheneOS is the most audited, most trusted, most independently verifiable privacy OS in existence. Its code is entirely open-source — every security researcher on earth can read and test it. We charge for what actually matters: genuine Google Pixel hardware (the only consumer device with the right security architecture), certified professional deployment, and ongoing expert support. The price difference is a markup difference — not a quality difference.
Can you install GrapheneOS on a Samsung, iPhone, or S26 Ultra? +
No — and this is by design. GrapheneOS only supports Google Pixel devices because the Pixel is the only consumer smartphone with the specific hardware security architecture required: the Titan M2 dedicated security chip, hardware-verified boot at the chip level, and a cryptographically re-lockable bootloader. Samsung, Apple, and all other manufacturers do not provide this architecture. A GrapheneOS install on non-Pixel hardware would be missing the hardware security layer that makes it meaningfully more secure than stock Android. We will not build a product that cannot do what it claims to do.
What guarantee do I have against pre-installed malware or hidden tracking? +
Every Ghost Edition is flashed from the official GrapheneOS project's cryptographically signed verified build — the same binary published publicly at grapheneos.org. GrapheneOS is fully open-source: every line of code is publicly auditable by any researcher in the world. There are no closed-source components, no third-party additions, and no modifications. We verify hardware integrity before flashing and re-lock the bootloader after — activating the Titan M2's hardware attestation, which means the device can cryptographically prove to any auditing tool that it runs unmodified, verified software from first boot.
Is GrapheneOS legal in Australia? +
Completely legal. Android is released by Google under the Apache 2.0 licence, which explicitly grants the right to modify, redistribute, and install derivative versions on hardware you own. GrapheneOS is a lawful derivative of that codebase. Under Australian consumer law, you have the absolute right to install any software on hardware you own. Modifying your device is not illegal. Using encryption is not illegal. Refusing to share your data with advertising companies is not illegal. GrapheneOS is used by legal professionals, medical practitioners, corporate security teams, investigative journalists, and government contractors worldwide.
Are you based in Australia? Can I pick up in Melbourne? +
Yes, we are Australian-based. We don't currently offer local pickup — all orders ship via Express Post to your address. If you're in Melbourne or anywhere in Australia, delivery typically takes 1–2 business days after dispatch. We ship to all states and territories including regional and remote areas.
Do you offer payment plans? +
Not currently. Consider this: a single SIM swap attack targeting a crypto wallet typically results in losses of $5,000 to $50,000 or more. The Ghost Edition at $649 is not an expense — it is an insurance policy that pays for itself the first time it protects you. If timing is a genuine concern, reach out directly and we can discuss options.
Can I set it up for parental use or for my child? +
Yes, with some configuration. The profile system can create a restricted environment for a child — limited apps, blocked network access for specific apps, and no access to the parent profile's data. GrapheneOS doesn't have a dedicated parental controls interface, but the permission and profile architecture handles this well. We can walk you through the setup in your free 30-minute consultation included with every purchase.