There is probably no better hardware and platform security team in the world than the one that works at Apple (and no software platform security team in the world better than the one employed by Google).
Pretty much the only thing Silent Circle has going for it is a commitment to open source. All else being equal, open source is better than closed source. But all else is nowhere close to equal in this case.
Pretty much the only thing Silent Circle has going for it is a commitment to open source. All else being equal, open source is better than closed source. But all else is nowhere close to equal in this case.
I recommend against Silent Circle's phone.