Original - Odaily
Author - Azuma
The smartphone Saga developed by Solana Labs has been popular in the market recently, but the reason is not because of the experience advantages the mobile phone has created on the consumer side, but because of the generous support of many Solana ecological projects such as Bonk (BONK) to Saga. The additional airdrop income from purchasing Saga has exceeded the original value of the phone. This phenomenon has also been ridiculed by many community members as the modern version of buying a casket for a pearl.
Last weekend, Solana officially announced that the Saga phone has been completely sold out in North America, and there are only a few remaining stocks in Europe.
Checking e-commerce websites such as eBay, we can find that the current second-hand resale price of Saga on eBay has exceeded US$2,000, which is several times higher than the official selling price of US$599 (it was US$1,000 when it was released, but was lowered due to poor sales). And the shipping places are basically in Europe and Oceania.
So, if a lucky user can buy Saga at the original price before the BONK craze started, how much profit can he get now?
According to Odaily statistics, the currently confirmable additional income from Saga mobile phones is mainly divided into three parts: airdrop profits, mining profits, and second-hand resale appreciation. Next, we will gradually analyze three different income components to see how many times can we earn if we buy a Saga mobile phone at the original price?
Partial proceeds from airdrops
The first is the most anticipated airdrop benefit. All new users will receive a Saga Genesis Token when starting their Saga mobile phone, and can use this to claim up to 30 million BONK.The current total value is approximately $536 (the peak total value was as high as $1024.8 on December 15).
In addition to BONK, holding Saga can also obtain airdrops for multiple other projects and exclusive NFT casting qualifications, including:
Call of Saga: In May this year, Claynosaurz and Saga jointly launched the NFT series Call of Saga. Users who hold Saga Genesis Token have exclusive casting qualifications.The current floor price of Call of Saga is 22.25 SOL, which is worth about $1700.
Access Protocol（ACS）：The airdrop amount is 100,000 ACS, with a total value of approximately US$256.
Solend (SLND): Details have not been confirmed, but its founder Rooter has confirmed that it will conduct an airdrop to Saga holders;
Odaily note: Rooter confirmed that it will conduct airdrops to Saga holders.
Samoyedcoin (SAMO): Details have not been confirmed, but its official X account has officially announced that it will airdrop to Saga holders;
In addition, communities including ecological mainstream projects such as Jupiter (JUP) and meme tokens such as MORY and GECKO have discussed airdrops to Saga holders, but there is no definite official announcement yet.
Odaily note: Jupiter has not yet finalized whether to conduct an airdrop to Saga holders.
All in all, as an excellent certificate for Solana ecological OG users, Saga holders have become the first choice for airdrops of many Solana ecological projects, and it is expected that more projects will choose to follow.
Mining partial income
Part of the revenue from mining mainly refers to the fact that holders of Saga mobile phones can mine the decentralized wireless communication network Helium Mobile (MOBILE) and the decentralized storage network ShdwDrive (SHDW). Among them, MOBILE has been relying on its advantages in the past month. The dozens of times increase has already become a hotly discussed asset target in the community.
First of all, it needs to be made clear that participating in Helium Mobile mining is not Saga’s privilege, but Helium Mobile developer Nova Labs has provided Saga mobile phone users with SIM cards and a one-month free trial as early as last year, allowing Saga to directly “ Whoring for free.
According to feedback from users who participated in Helium Mobile mining,In October, mining could produce 8,000 - 9,000 coins per day. However, with the recent influx of a large number of users, the mining income of a single user has dropped to about 2,000 coins, and the output is still decreasing at a rate of about 9% every day. .
Taking the average value of 8000 - 2000 and estimating 5000, if Saga holders effectively use the one-month free trial period to mine Helium Mobile,It has obtained approximately 150,000 MOBILEs in the past month, worth approximately US$900 (just a rough estimate).
As for ShdwDrive (SHDW), its official account has been previously confirmed on the
Second-hand resale proceeds
The last potential way to generate income is second-hand resale. As mentioned above, the current second-hand resale price of Saga on eBay has exceeded US$2,000. Most sellers will note whether they have applied for the BONK airdrop, but even if they throw away the BONK The airdrop value, Saga’s resale price still has a larger profit margin than the official selling price of 599.
However, considering that the Solana ecological project has a tendency to airdrop Saga holders, and in addition to airdrops, Saga users can also make profits through mining, so for the lucky buyers who have already purchased Saga, HODL Maybe a better choice.
