{"id":206,"date":"2024-02-23T19:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T19:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pigmoney.net\/?p=206"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:50:22","slug":"solana-phone-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pigmoney.net\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Solana Mobile Chapter 2: SEEKER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this post I will cover everything there is to know about the new Solana phone<\/a>, set to be released in the first half of 2025. Preorders are now in full swing, if you haven’t decided yet if you should jump in or not, read along, you might find some valuable info to help you make up your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Saga, the first Solana phone doomed to fail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first Solana phone (Saga) was originally destined to be a massive flop. There was a combination of factors which caused the seeming failure of the project, even though in the beginning it was looking like it would be a great success. So what happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team behind the Saga phone is OSOM, which is a new company formed by former members<\/a> of the Essential Phone<\/a> project. This by itself was reason for confidence in professionalism in terms of the quality and the build of their new product. Upon announcement, the hardware was a beautiful beast, amazing hardware specs, spectacular outer body, the overall impression was it is just going to be a great phone. Slap on top of this a lot of crypto specific extras, like the built-in hardware wallet and the bonuses coming with the ownership of the Genesis token (the NFT Saga owners received as proof of ownership), and it was set to be the king of web3 devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Saga Genesis Token – this little NFT is what makes my phone wallet receive airdrops all the time.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, the global chip shortage, the crypto bear market and some other factors all contributed to a massive delay in the product launch, and by the time the phone was ready to ship, the hardware appeared to be getting on the path of becoming outdated, as other devices started appearing on the market which had faster chips and better hardware combinations. As the price of the Saga phone remained $1000 + shipping (+taxes outside of the US), even the enthusiastic supporters started to have second guesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got my Saga phone when the team decided to have a massive discount for 1 day, on a first-come-first-served basis. I managed to snatch the phone for $420,69<\/strong> which was an amazing deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the phone. Interestingly enough, it is so great that it made me interested in NFTs, something I never imagined would happen. I actually minted 2 Claynosaurz<\/a> NFTs that I sold for around 20 SOL each. Not bad! On top of all this, I got a ton of valuable airdrops from all the different Solana based projects, like BONK! and Access Protocol, with an overall bonus value of $5000+ The Saga phone was hands down my best investment in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of the discount and all the bonuses, there were still a lot of Saga units in the inventory, getting outdated day by day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, all this started to change with the bull market banging on the door of 2024, and the Solana project gaining much missed attention, the mobile project successfully rode the waves of the hype. As a sugar on top, the partnerships and airdrops that were announced for all the Saga owners propelled sales into a buying frenzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Saga is SOLD OUT!

Words cannot describe how much we appreciate your support. We are nothing without this amazing community \ud83e\udec2

While these past few days will be cemented in our history, we\u2019re excited for the future \ud83e\udee1

Stay tuned \u2728 pic.twitter.com\/KJje8lBDLL<\/a><\/p>— Solana Mobile 2\ufe0f\u20e3 (@solanamobile) December 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>