Solana Mobile has begun shipping its second-generation crypto-focused smartphone, the Seeker, to customers in more than 50 countries. The company confirmed the rollout on August 4, saying that “tens of thousands” of units have now left warehouses for global buyers.
The Seeker follows the Saga, Solana’s first attempt at building a mobile-first Web3 experience. While the Saga faced sluggish sales early on, interest picked up last year after token airdrops and memecoin rewards made the device more valuable for crypto users.
Priced at $450 and $500 depending on the variant, the Seeker has already crossed 150,000 pre-orders, putting its estimated gross revenue above $67 million. The Android-based phone is designed with crypto users in mind, offering a built-in Solana dApp Store, a secure mobile-native wallet, and hardware-level key protection through a feature called Seed Vault.
The Seed Vault keeps your private keys and seed phrases completely separate from the main app layer, while still letting you use dApps normally, said Emmett Hollyer, General Manager at Solana Mobile, in an interview.
Each device also comes with a unique “Genesis Token” generated on-chain once the phone is activated. The token is soulbound, meaning it can’t be transferred or sold and offers early access to new applications and SKR token rewards. This mirrors the Chapter 2 airdrop campaign that helped revive the Saga’s fortunes last year.
Apart from regular crypto users, Solana’s also going after developers with the Seeker. The idea is to give them a proper alternative to Google and Apple’s app stores, which charge heavy fees and often block Web3 apps. Right now, Solana’s own dApp store already has 100+ apps across DeFi, gaming, payments, and more.
They’re also looking to bring in more AI features and connect with decentralized infrastructure (DePIN) networks. To help with that push, they’ve brought on Nikita Bier, the guy behind several social apps and now head of product at X as an advisor.
With Seeker, Solana is doubling down on its belief that crypto’s future is mobile, and this global launch feels like an important move in that direction.
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