New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) | Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of blockchain platform Solana Labs, has launched its flagship Android mobile phone named ‘Saga’, which will make crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFT) trading easier on smartphones.
The Saga offers a 6.67-inch OLED display, 12GB RAM, 512GB storage and the latest flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform.
Pre-orders for Saga require a $100 fully refundable deposit, which will be applied at an “estimated final cost of $1,000,” the company said in a statement late Thursday.
The smartphone with unparalleled functionality and features is integrated with the Solana blockchain, making it easy and secure to transact in Web3 and manage digital assets such as tokens and NFTs.
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, the world’s highest performing blockchain, said, “There are approximately 7 billion people worldwide using smartphones and over 100 million people own digital assets – and both of these numbers will continue to grow. “
“Saga sets a new standard for the Web3 experience on mobile,” he said during an event in the US.
The company also introduced ‘Solana Mobile Stack’, a framework for Android that allows developers to create rich mobile experiences for wallets and apps on Solana, and “Secure Elements” for private key management.
The Solana Mobile Stack SDK is available to developers now and Saga is available for pre-order, with deliveries scheduled for early 2023.
“We chose the name Saga because the story of crypto is still being written,” said Raj Gokal, co-founder of Solana.
“This is the next chapter in this narrative and we believe that opening up crypto for mobile will lead to greater adoption, better understanding and more opportunities,” Gokal said.
Saga is designed and built by OSOM, a leading Android development company whose team has extensive experience building computing hardware for Google, Apple, and Intel.
Jason Keats, co-founder and CEO of OSOM, said, “The world needs new hardware to embrace the future of Web3, and build an ecosystem that looks to the future without the burden of legacy ecosystems of the past.” It’s very exciting for us.”
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