A person familiar with Solana Mobile has reported that the company is considering developing a new blockchain smartphone.
Solana Mobile will create a Saga-like smartphone that will integrate a DApps store for Solana’s decentralized applications, the Android operating system, and a crypto wallet. However, the new smartphone will have different hardware than its predecessor, as well as a much more affordable launch price, a person familiar with the matter explained.
According to the source, Solana Mobile is considering creating a second blockchain smartphone to meet the demand for Saga, which exploded in mid-December after the developers of the Bonk memecoin announced the allocation of BONK tokens to the phone's owners as part of its first anniversary celebration at the BONKmas event.
Saga's available units They sold out in a few days and the smartphone has been resold on e-commerce sites such as eBay for up to five times its price, which was $5 last year.
According to CoinDesk, Saga developers may be looking to replicate the unlikely success the smartphone had last month, after facing tough times due to low demand for Saga after Solana Mobile opened the doors. smartphone orders to the public, in May 2023.
Saga is a powerful blockchain smartphone, which is designed to facilitate accessibility to the Solana ecosystem and Web3.
Through this smartphone, users can easily interact with the wide range of DApps built on this blockchain, as well as manage their digital assets, such as tokens and NFTs, through a more intuitive and user-friendly user interface.
Alongside Saga, Solana introduced the Solana Mobile Stack framework, which enables blockchain developers to build decentralized applications for mobile devices using Android. This, according to Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, ensures the creation of rich mobile experiences for wallets and applications on Solana and the Web3 world.
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