Saga's Android mobile phone will run web3 applications. The device is equipped with the function of storing private keys
Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, announced the Saga Android-based crypto smartphone with private key storage and Web3 decentralized app store. According to the developers, integration with the Solana blockchain will simplify the management of digital assets and conduct web3 transactions.
The smartphone is designed and manufactured by OSOM, an Android development company whose team has experience building computing hardware for Google, Apple and Intel.
The Saga will come with a 6.6-inch OLED display and 12GB of RAM. The built-in security element Seed Vault stores private keys and SID phrases in the phone separately from applications. The smartphone will have two physical SIM cards and a USB-CC connector equipped with data transfer protection when the charging cable is included.
Solana Mobile expects to release the phone by early 2023. The estimated price of the phone will be around $1,000, and the device is available for pre-order for a $100 deposit.
The Solana project is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2017, in 2018 the first version of the testnet was launched. Solana was founded by Dr. Eric Williams, BREW OS developer Greg Fitzgerald, and former Qualcomm and Dropbox developer Anatoly Yakovenko.
Apart from Solana’s Saga phone, other similar cryptophone designs were HTC’s Exodus, Sirin Labs’ Finney phone, and Samsung’s KlaytnPhone from Samsung’s Galaxy Note line.
