Author: Weilin, PANews

On September 19th, Solana Labs' Solana Mobile unveiled its second encrypted phone "Seeker" at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore. Seeker, previously referred to as "chapter 2," has garnered widespread attention since its launch in January this year, and the official announcement of Seeker's pre-sale has exceeded 140,000 units.

Unlike its predecessor, Seeker is equipped with a mobile-first Seed Vault wallet and integrates the new version of the Solana dApp store. In this article, PANews will take users on a quick tour of this long-awaited Web3 phone.

Integration of the new dApp store, expected to be released in mid-next year

According to the official introduction, the inspiration for the name "Seeker" comes from the idea of users trying to "seek new opportunities," whether it's rewards, experiences, or connections.

Compared to Solana Mobile's first encrypted phone, Saga, Seeker's hardware will undergo significant improvements, with better battery performance, improved camera performance, and a lighter design than Saga. Seeker is priced at $450, a price that will be retained until the end of Breakpoint on September 21st, and Seeker is expected to be shipped in mid-2025.

So far, the main features announced for Solana Seeker include the Seed Vault wallet, which is a mobile-centric encrypted wallet, natively integrated with the device's self-hosted Seed Vault, providing fast transactions and simple account management. The wallet is created specifically for Seeker by Solflare.

In addition, both Saga and Seeker are based on the Android system. Seeker's phone also integrates Solana dApp Store 2.0, with a new reward tracker and enhanced app discovery features, covering applications in the fields of payments, DeFi, DePIN, NFT, artificial intelligence, and gaming.

Similar to Saga, buyers of Seeker will receive the Seeker Genesis Token—a unique NFT that can unlock rewards, exclusive access, discounts, and content throughout the entire Solana ecosystem.

Furthermore, compared to Saga, Seeker's hardware has seen significant improvements over its predecessor, including lighter weight, a brighter display, enhanced camera functionality, and longer battery life.

Moreover, Seeker has undergone a substantial price reduction. Previously, when Saga was released, it was priced at $1000, which was later reduced to $599. Seeker, on the other hand, has a pre-sale price of $450, less than half the price of Saga.

Emmett Hollyer, General Manager of Solana Mobile, stated that the price reduction of Seeker should not be seen as a judgment of its value. Solana Mobile has ambitious pricing for it and hopes it will achieve growth, stating, "We do not see this as a price reduction."

The success of the original Saga's "comeback" restores confidence in Solana Labs

As the successor product of Solana Saga, Seeker reflects Solana's renewed commitment to its mobile product line. Solana's mobile product line had once faced a crisis of failure. The previous product, Saga, faced difficulties due to poor sales last year, but later, encrypted users discovered that purchasing the device could receive token airdrops worth more than the device itself, which revived Saga.

In April last year, several meme coin projects distributed token airdrops for the Solana Chapter 2 phone, and users only needed to provide the Solana wallet address filled in during pre-order. Two meme coins with a cat theme were particularly prominent, including 37,600 Cat in a Dogs World (MEW) airdropped on April 1st and 5,199 Maneki (MANEKI) tokens airdropped on April 24th. If buyers did not sell these meme coins, the value of these two airdrops reached a peak of $504 around April, while the phone's price was only $450, allowing users to easily recoup their investment.

Eight months later, Saga's sales suddenly increased more than tenfold on December 14th and 15th, mainly driven by the airdrop of the Solana ecosystem's dog-themed token BONK. Buyers of Saga phones only needed to mint the Genesis token through the phone and use this token to claim 30 million BONK tokens, which initially had a dollar value of about $10, and later the token value reached nearly $700. The value of multiple meme token airdrops far exceeded the price of the Saga phone itself, leading to a surge in demand for the phone. Saga's successful comeback restored confidence in Solana Labs, driving them to further integrate encrypted technology into mobile devices and develop exclusive hardware and software.

With the success of its predecessor, the new Seeker phone has generated high expectations, with Solana receiving over 100,000 pre-orders by early 2024. The official Solana Mobile at TOKEN 2049 stated that based on these capital injections and buyer trust commitments, Solana Mobile has successfully obtained more favorable supply chain agreements than the first-generation product.

Compared to the 20,000 devices produced globally for Saga, the pre-order volume for Seeker is already 7 times that, not to mention that the complete hardware specifications of the new phone have not been disclosed. But can Seeker replicate the "legend" of Saga? Let's look forward to its performance together.

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