{"id":8810,"date":"2022-06-24T04:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum.sbenny.com\/blog\/technology\/smartphones\/smartphone-news\/osom-ov1-is-now-solana-saga-a-blockchain-centric-smartphone\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T04:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:02:48","slug":"osom-ov1-is-now-solana-saga-a-blockchain-centric-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.sbenny.com\/blog\/technology\/smartphones\/smartphone-news\/osom-ov1-is-now-solana-saga-a-blockchain-centric-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Osom OV1 is now Solana Saga, a blockchain-centric smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Osom is a privacy-focused tech company that was supposed to launch the OV1 smartphone from the engineering team that built Essential PH-1. In a series of events, the OV1 will now be a new Solana Mobile blockchain-centric smartphone called “Saga” and will still be manufactured by Osom. The Solana Saga will be tightly integrated with the Solana blockchain, capable of performing web3 transactions and will support the holding of digital assets including tokens and NFTs.<\/p>\n

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The OV1 will now be the Solana Saga.<\/p>\n

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At an event in New York, the company also unveiled the Solana Mobile Stack. This is “an Android framework that allows developers to create advanced mobile experiences for wallets and apps on Solana”. Solana Mobile Stack SDK is already available for developers.<\/p>\n

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The announcement page also revealed some specs including a 6.67-inch OLED screen, 12GB of RAM, and 512GB of internal storage. The Saga will also equip the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and is powered by a 4,100mAh battery. There’s also support for wireless charging, Bluetooth 5.0, and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. In the camera department we find a 16 MP selfie camera and two main cameras. The first is a 50MP IMX766 f \/ 1.8 and a 12MP secondary 120-degree IMX373 f \/ 2.2 ultrawide camera.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, potential buyers can pre-order a Solana Saga starting today for a $ 100 refundable deposit. The Saga will retail for $ 1000, and those who pre-order could receive a Saga Pass that includes an accompanying NFT. and “the first ticket to influence the direction of the SMS platform. The device is expected to arrive in early 2023 and will initially be launched in the US, Canada, the EU and the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n