Crypto Phones Struggle as Solana Quietly Pulls Plug on Saga
Two years after its hyped debut, official support for Solana’s Saga phone is ending, while other crypto phones aren’t faring much better.
Solana Mobile has quietly ended software and security support for its first-generation Saga phone, quietly closing the device’s lifecycle just over two years after its May 2023 debut and leaving roughly 20,000 active units without further updates.
Marketed around an on-device Seed Vault, the smartphone briefly drew mainstream attention when memecoin airdrops made preloaded wallets unusually valuable.
Despite the initial frenzy, demand never matched the makers’ ambitions: Saga launched at roughly $1,000 and, just four months after launch,…
