One of the first devices to allow mass adoption of crypto was released this week, and most of you made fun of it
disclaimer: holdings 39% ETH, 39% SOL, 15% DOT, etc.
The Solana Saga smartphone was released this week, but in both topics covering the news the amount of ignorant comments, and the fact that these news aren't being discussed in this space is alarming.
"it's just a phone with built in apps"
No, the phone has a hardware encrypted vault that hides your seed phrase even from Android itself. Its security is similar to how iOS saves users' faces, the most secure way of storing information.
Every time a user wants to sign a transaction (send/swap), the user authenticates with both fingerprint and password/pin. This is essentially a hardware wallet in a high end phone form factor.
"why waste time releasing a phone"
As you all know, crypto and self custody aren't simple, reason why so many people leave their coins at exchanges. Teaching people about security, hardware wallets and etc. is a huge barrier for crypto mass adoption.
This phone allows very novice users to quickly and easily setup their hardware wallet and use dapps natively, same as using apps from Google Play Store. And it does that very securely.
On top of that, it's a great phone in itself.
So, why again were these news ignore and / or mocked?
Oh because it's related to Solana, so even if it's an amazing / first of a kind product, it must be ignored.
