If you buy a Saga mobile phone at the original price, how many times can you earn now?

Original | Odaily

Author | Azuma

Solana Labs’ smartphone Saga has recently been popular in the market, but the reason is not that the phone has created much of an experience advantage on the consumer side, but because a number of Solana ecosystem projects such as Bonk (BONK) have generously airdropped Saga, so that the additional airdrop income from buying Saga has exceeded the original value of the phone. This phenomenon has also been ridiculed by many communities as a modern version of “buying and returning pearls”.

Over the weekend, Solana officially announced that the Saga phone was completely sold out in North America, and there was only a small amount left in Europe.

A search of eBay and other e-commerce sites shows that Saga’s second-hand resale price on eBay has exceeded $2,000, which is several times higher than the official selling price of $599 (it was $1,000 at the time of sale, but was lowered due to poor sales), and the shipping places are basically in Europe and Oceania.

So, if a lucky user was able to buy Saga at the original price before the BONK boom started, how much would they be able to earn now?

According to the statistics of Odaily Planet Daily, the additional income of Saga mobile phones that can be confirmed at present is mainly divided into three parts: airdrop profits, mining profits, and second-hand resale appreciation. Next, we will analyze the three different revenue components step by step, and see how many times you can earn now if you buy a Saga phone at the original price.

Airdrop part of the proceeds

First up is the most anticipated airdrop, where all new users will receive a Saga Genesis Token when they launch their Saga phone, which they can claim up to 30 million BONK, with a current total value of around $536 (the peak total value was $1,024.8 on December 15). **

In addition to BONK, holding Saga can also obtain airdrops and exclusive NFT minting qualifications from several other projects, including:

• Call of Saga: In May of this year, Claynosaurz and Saga jointly launched the NFT collection Call of Saga, where users who hold Saga Genesis Token have exclusive minting qualifications, *The current floor price of Call of Saga is 22.25 SOL, which is worth about $1,700. ** Access Protocol (ACS) : 100,000 ACS with a total value of about $256. **
• Sole (SLND): Details are not confirmed, but its founder, Rooter, has confirmed that there will be an airdrop for Saga holders;

Odaily Daily Note: Rooter has confirmed an airdrop to Saga holders.

• Samoyedcoin (SAMO): Details have not been confirmed, but its official X account has officially announced that it will airdrop Saga holders;

In addition, the community, including mainstream ecological projects such as Jupiter (JUP) and meme tokens such as MORY and GECKO, has discussed the airdrop to Saga holders, but there is no official announcement for the time being.

Odaily Note: Jupiter has yet to finalize whether to airdrop Saga holders.

All in all, as an excellent credential for Solana ecosystem OG users, Saga holders have become the preferred choice for many Solana ecosystem projects when it comes to airdrops, and it is expected that more projects will follow in the future.

Mining part of the income

The mining part of the income 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 which MOBILE has become a hotly discussed asset target in the community with dozens of times increase in the past month.

First of all, it’s important to note that participating in Helium Mobile’s mining isn’t Saga’s prerogative, but Helium Mobile’s developer, Nova Labs, offered a SIM card and a one-month free trial to Saga phone users back last year.

According to the feedback of users who participated in Helium Mobile mining, ** in October, mining could produce 8,000-9,000 coins per day, but recently, with the influx of a large number of users, the mining income of a single user has decreased to about 2,000 coins, and the output is still decreasing at a rate of about 9% per day. **

Based on an average of 5,000 from 8,000 to 2,000, if a Saga holder effectively uses the one-month free trial to mine Helium Mobile,** they will receive approximately 150,000 MOBILE, worth about $900 (just a rough estimate) in the past month. **

As for ShdwDrive (SHDW), its official account has previously been confirmed on the X platform, and users who hold Saga can easily participate in SHDW mining by simply opening the app, but there is a lack of disclosure on social media about the income status of the mining.

Second-hand resale proceeds

As mentioned above, Saga’s second-hand resale price on eBay has exceeded $2,000, and most sellers will note whether they have claimed the BONK airdrop,** but even after the BONK airdrop value is removed, Saga’s resale price still has a larger margin of profit than the official selling price of 599. **

However, considering that the Solana ecosystem project has a tendency to airdrop Saga holders, and Saga users can also make profits through mining in addition to airdrops, HODL may be a better choice for lucky buyers who have already bought Saga.