Norton Uses 'Elegant' Design Tack With Upcoming Security-Based Router

Symantec introduced a Wi-Fi router with security built in in what it calls an “elegant" and "atypical artisanal design.” Norton Core is available for preorder now ($199) with a suggested retail price of $279, said the company in an announcement. A one-year complimentary subscription to Norton Core Security Plus is included with the router, offering protection for up to 20 computers, smartphones and tablets, plus unlimited IoT devices, said the company. Norton Core was built to secure and protect connected homes and has a unique antenna array mounted inside a geodesic dome of “interlocking faces,” which the company said was inspired by defense and weather radar systems deployed in far reaches of the globe. The design is intended to encourage users to place the router out in the open, as part of their home decor, where it can provide a strong, unobstructed Wi-Fi signal. The routers come in gray and gold colors and are to ship in summer. Parental controls are included.