{"id":12962,"date":"2024-04-26T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/airdrop-of-meme-tokens-offsets-cost-of-solanas-web3-smartphone-preorder\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:23:09","slug":"airdrop-of-meme-tokens-offsets-cost-of-solanas-web3-smartphone-preorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/airdrop-of-meme-tokens-offsets-cost-of-solanas-web3-smartphone-preorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Airdrop of Meme Tokens Offsets Cost of Solana’s Web3 Smartphone Preorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customers who preordered the Saga Chapter 2 Web3 smartphone from Solana Mobile found their purchase costs offset by the distribution of two meme tokens.<\/p>\n

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Source: X<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In April, cat-themed projects \u2014 Cat in a dog\u2019s world (MEW) and Maneki (MANEKI) \u2014 distributed an airdrop to owners of the yet-to-be-released device.<\/p>\n

On April 1, the MEW team sent 37,600 tokens to each Web3 smartphone pre-order customer. According to CoinGecko<\/a>, at a post-distribution peak price of $0.0089, the tokens were valued at approximately $334.<\/p>\n

On April 24, Saga Chapter 2 owners received 5,199 MANEKI tokens. At peak values of $0.026<\/a>, this amounted to about $135.<\/p>\n

In total, the two meme tokens potentially provided pre-order customers, who paid $450 for the smartphone, with around $470. However, at the time of writing, the token values had declined and no longer covered the device’s cost.<\/p>\n

When ordering the Saga Chapter 2, buyers linked their Solana wallet address, allowing them to receive tokens before the phone’s arrival. Owners of the first model were also sent a similar amount of tokens.<\/p>\n

The original Saga, launched in May 2023, was initially priced at $999, with its price reduced to $599 in August.<\/p>\n

In early December, Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko admitted to low smartphone sales. He stated that since the product’s launch, 2,200 units had been sold.<\/p>\n

However, due to the buzz around the BONK meme token airdrop, speculators began buying the device en masse for resale. Some listed it on eBay for $5,000.<\/p>\n

Back in January 2024, Solana announced<\/a> the second version of the Web3 smartphone. By mid-February, preorders for the new model reached 100,000 units<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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