Solana Mobile debuts Saga flagship Android designed for crypto, web3

Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, has introduced Saga, a flagship Android smartphone designed to work with the Solana blockchain and web3 applications.

Saga was formerly known as the Osom OV1 smartphone that was teased back in late 2021 and was designed by the team behind the Essential PH-1. Saga has functionality and features that are tightly integrated with the Solana blockchain for easy and secure transactions in web3, as well as for managing digital assets such as tokens and NFTs.

Saga is equipped with a 6.67-inch OLED screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SoC, 12GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. The security features include the Solana Mobile Stack’s Seed Vault with Secure Element which will keep private keys, seed phrases and secrets separated from the application layer, yet still capable of interacting with apps running on the device or in a mobile browser.

Pre-orders for Saga 12 require a USD 100PHP 5,869INR 8,475EUR 95CNY 728 fully refundable deposit, which will be applied to the anticipated final cost of USD 1,000PHP 58,686INR 84,750EUR 952CNY 7,278, and will be prioritized for developers in order to test the Solana Mobile Stack and Saga.

Those who pre-order may be eligible to receive a Saga Pass, an NFT accompanying the first wave of Saga devices, and the first ticket to influencing the direction of the SMS platform.