Solana Labs Inc, the company behind the Solana blockchain ecosystem, announced that their smartphone called Saga will be available for purchase on May 8, 2023, with pre-orders on April 20, 2023.

Reporting from Bitcoin.com, through the Solana Mobile Twitter account, this smartphone aims to modernize the way people interact with their digital assets to increase usability and improve security.

The smartphone comes with several pre-installed decentralized apps (dapps) and runs on the Android 13 operating system.

The phone includes a Seed Vault to safely store crypto assets and offers 512 GB of storage. The 6.67-inch OLED display is paired with a fingerprint scanner for extra security.

The device charges using a USB type C cable and has a 50MP and 12MP ultrawide dual camera system. Seed Vault ensures the protection of private keys through secure hardware and AES encryption.

Powered by the “Solana Mobile Stack,” the USD 1,000 Web3 smartphone (assuming an exchange rate of IDR 14,782 per US dollar) also offers the Solana Dapp Store which currently hosts 16 dapps covering NFTs, DAOs, staking, and more.

Solana Saga is not the first crypto-centric phone previous examples include HTC’s Exodus, Samsung Galaxy S10’s crypto-integrated native app, and Siren Labs’ USD 999 Finney blockchain smartphone.