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Solana Saga crypto phone for $1000 (if you want a crypto phone from the makers of the Essential PH-1)

The Solana Saga, the smartphone created by former Essential employees, went up for pre-order last year for a deposit of $100 toward the full $1,000 price tag. Now customers who paid that deposit can actually buy the phone, and folks who didn’t get in on the early action can join a waitlist…  if that’s something […]

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Solana Saga specs updated ahead of 2023 launch for this crypto-phone that rose from the ashes of Essential

The Solana Saga is set to be the first smartphone manufactured by OSOM, the new startup founded by former employees of Essential. So it has an interesting pedigree. But it’s also a phone with a very niche value proposition: it’s basically a phone for crypto enthusiasts. In other words, the Solana Saga isn’t meant to […]

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OSOM OV1 becomes the Solana Saga, set to ship in 2023 as a web3 (crypto) phone

If you’ve been waiting for more news about the OSOM OV1 smartphone, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s coming soon. The bad news is that it won’t quite what OSOM had originally promised. Instead of a smartphone running privacy-first, Android-based software developed by some of the folks behind the […]