Solana Labs subsidiary Solana Cell has introduced the launch of the cell phone “Saga” set for launch in 2023.
The flagship Android cell phone is a modified OSOM handset which consists of speciality crypto pockets features and the “Solana Cell Stack (SMS)” software program growth package for Web3 packages.
Solana stated that the $1000 cell phone has “distinctive performance and options tightly built-in with the Solana blockchain, making it straightforward and safe to transact in web3 and handle digital property, equivalent to tokens and NFTs.”
Saga designer OSOM is a number one Android growth firm. The corporate has constructed computing {hardware} for Google, Apple, and Intel, amongst others.
Saga was launched at an occasion in New York. The occasion additionally launched Solana Cell Stack, a framework for Android permitting builders to create wealthy cellular experiences for wallets and apps on Solana and create a “Safe Ingredient” for personal key administration.
“The Solana Cell Stack SDK is on the market to builders now, and Saga is on the market for pre-order beginning right this moment, with supply in early 2023,” Solana stated in an announcement.
Solana’s greatest mobile-focused guess will characteristic a Web3 dapp (decentralized app) retailer, built-in “Solana Pay” to facilitate QR code-based on-chain funds, a cellular pockets adapter and a “seed vault” that can retailer non-public keys deep inside the recesses of the cellphone.
“Saga begins from first ideas to create a cellular expertise for people, builders, and ecosystem contributors that opens a brand new period of mobility,” stated Jason Keats, co-founder and CEO of OSOM. “The world wants novel {hardware} to embrace the long run that’s web3, and constructing out an ecosystem that appears to the long run with out being burdened by previous legacy ecosystems is vastly thrilling for us.”
In response to Solana, Saga’s specs embrace a 6.67” OLED show, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB storage, and the newest flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Cell Platform, the security measures of which can allow the Solana Cell Stack’s Seed Vault.
“With the addition of a Safe Ingredient constructed into the system, the Seed Vault retains non-public keys, seed phrases and secrets and techniques separated from the appliance layer but nonetheless able to interacting with apps operating on the system or in a cellular browser,” Solana stated.
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