{"id":13207,"date":"2024-05-03T18:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ton-foundation-denies-plans-for-web3-smartphone\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:06:48","slug":"ton-foundation-denies-plans-for-web3-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ton-foundation-denies-plans-for-web3-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"TON Foundation Denies Plans for Web3 Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TON Foundation team has neither released nor plans to release Web3 smartphones. This statement appeared on the project&#8217;s official page on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Important! \u26a0<\/p>\n<p>TON foundation has NOT released any Web3 phone, anything that you find online is completely community driven initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there&#8217;s no plan for that, but if TON Foundation were to release a TON Phone, trust us \u2014 You would know about it! <\/p>\n<p>Always DYOR.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TON ? (@ton_blockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ton_blockchain\/status\/1786381081849032870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[\u2026] everything you find online is entirely a community initiative,\u201d the message states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The TON Foundation emphasized that there are currently no such plans and urged conducting one&#8217;s own research.<\/p>\n<p>In early April, developers at Oyster Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/oyster-labs-unveils-web3-smartphone-for-ton-ecosystem\">introduced<\/a> a device based on The Open Network blockchain priced at $99. At that time, the TON team did not comment on the information. Questions on X also went unanswered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#8217;s with the phone from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TON?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TON<\/a>? Because I see people are hyping it like crazy on X. And no one has yet confirmed whether it&#8217;s true or not. Everyone&#8217;s buying it like crazy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TON SOCIETY ? (@CryptoBranders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoBranders\/status\/1776218263556403407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On May 3, representatives of Oyster Labs emphasized that they never claimed their device to be a \u201cTonphone.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We never claim ourselves to be a Tonphone! We are a project incubated by Ton X HashKey Accelerator. We called ourselves UBS. That\u2019s it. We want to present us as truthful and honest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oyster Labs: Universal Phone (Ton X Hashkey) (@oysterecosystem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oysterecosystem\/status\/1786385412161958143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are a project created by Ton X HashKey Accelerator. We called ourselves UBS. That\u2019s it,\u201d the message states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In May 2023, Solana launched the Web3 smartphone Saga priced at $999, but within a few months, its price was reduced to $599. Later, the project&#8217;s founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, admitted to low sales of the device.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to the hype around the BONK meme token airdrop, speculators began buying the smartphone en masse for resale. Some listed it on eBay for $5000.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Solana <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-unveils-preorder-for-saga-2-insights-into-the-new-web3-smartphone\">announced<\/a> the second version of the Web3 smartphone. By mid-February, pre-orders for the new model <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solanas-web3-smartphone-saga-reaches-100000-pre-orders\">reached 100,000 units<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TON Foundation team has neither released nor plans to release Web3 smartphones. This statement appeared on the project&#8217;s official page on X. Important! \u26a0 TON foundation has NOT released any Web3 phone, anything that you find online is completely community driven initiative. 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