The Web3 mobile phone "Saga" launched by Solana's affiliated company Solana Mobile is officially on sale today (9th), and previous pre-orders have also begun to arrive in the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Europe and New Zealand. Shipping.

JUST DROPPED

Saga public orders are now open for

Order yours at: t.co/4ZIEs6ZysF pic.twitter.com/bmAhBFWToR

— Solana Mobile (@solanamobile) May 8, 2023

This $1,000 Android phone is tightly integrated with the Solana blockchain, has a special encrypted wallet function, a built-in app store "Solana dApp Store", integrates "Solana Pay" to facilitate on-chain payments based on QR Code, and automatically The managed private key solution "Seed Vault" allows users to easily trade and manage digital assets, and can seamlessly connect to the Web3 world as long as they have a machine in hand.

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In addition, Saga buyers can also claim the NFT "Saga Creation Token" bound to the device, which will be the key for users to obtain Saga Rewards, which can be used to unlock exclusive content and offers on Solana Mobile and Solana dApp Store.

However, analysts from cryptocurrency research team MICA Research believe that Saga’s hardware configuration is not outstanding:

Saga is not much different from ordinary mid-to-high-end Android phones. For example, it only uses the previous generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, a 50-megapixel camera, a 6.67-inch 120hz OLED screen, and also uses an old rear-mounted Fingerprint recognition is not attractive from a hardware perspective.​

Analysts pointed out that Solana’s goal of launching a smartphone is also very simple. They believe that smartphones will be the infrastructure of the Web3 era, and hope to bring a better experience to users through the integration of software and hardware, and at the same time allow the phone to be encrypted. The function and concept of the wallet are similar to those of HTC a few years ago, but how to provide users with a better experience than the iPhone and other Android flagship phones is another matter.

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