Solana's CEO (Anatoly Yakovenko) has decided to launch his official smartphone. It's called Solana Saga and it's based on the OSOM OV1, an Android smartphone born from the late Essential by Andy Rubin. OSOM stands for "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind".
Solana is a blockchain that uses the Proof Of History, a modified Proof Of Stake species which makes it very scalable (fast and cheap). It is no coincidence that many successful metaverses are being developed on Solana: Genopets, Star Atlas, Stepn, Aurory, Nyan Heroes, Synergy Land, etc
The big problem with this blockchain is the continuous "crashes", due to network congestion. Solana is very cheap and fast so spam and DoS attacks are the order of the day because executing them is very easy. You try to do this on Ethereum...
SOLANA SAGA
On June 21, a mysterious video on Twitter appeared on Solana's page with reference to SMS and with the words "The Saga Begins". SMS stands for Solana Mobile Stack. Obviously it is a play on words with the most famous Short Message Service, now fallen into disuse. Technical features:
-Octacore processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 1)
-WiFi 6
-Bluetooth 5.0
-4100 mAh battery with wireless charging
-12GB of RAM
-512GB of internal storage
-6.67-inch OLED display (Full HD +) with a maximum referesh rate of 120Hz
-16 MP camera and a 50MP dual camera plus a 12MP ultrawide
Solana Saga will be produced starting in the first quarter of 2023 and will sell for $ 1,000. You can already book by making a deposit of $ 100 on SolanaMobile.
Those who pre-order may be eligible to receive a Saga Pass, an NFT accompanying the first wave of Saga devices, and a ticket (voting power?) To influence the direction the Solana Mobile Stack platform will take. The device is available for purchase in the US, UK, Canada and the European Union. Solana Saga marks the birth of the new Solana Mobile project, which will open the doors to a new experience of using Solana's dAPP directly from a smartphone. The SAGA will natively support the Orca exchange, the NFT Magic Eden market, the Phantom wallet, SolanaPay for Android (payments via QR Code) and the new Solana Mobile Stack marketplace for decentralized apps.
Although many have welcomed this news, others could not help but underline the problems that afflict the Solana network. For this reason, some users are wondering why Solana is trying to become a smartphone maker, when she should focus on making her blockchain trustworthy. However, it should be remembered that this blockchain enjoys large investments by funds and venture capital. One of the main supporters and investors is the FTX exchange.
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