Solana Mobile stands to earn at least $67.5 million from sales of the Seeker, which had pre-orders many times higher than the first-generation device. Solana Mobile has started shipping the second generation of its mobile device on Monday, supplying users in over 50 countries. The Seeker phone, which has amassed over 150,000 pre-orders, will feature upgraded technology, a mobile-native crypto wallet and a decentralized application store that bypasses “cryptophobic censorship” seen in app stores today. Solana Mobile general manager Emmett Hollyer told Cointelegraph that the Seeker comes with hardware improvements across the board compared to the first-generation Saga. “But what really sets Seeker apart is its onchain features.” Read more
Solana Mobile stands to gross at least $67.5 million in pre-sales of its Seeker device. Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of blockchain technology company Solana Labs, has revealed the next steps for its soon-to-be-shipped Seeker device and the overall ecosystem. The steps include a new, trustless architecture, a native token, and the Seeker ship date. According to the announcement, Solana Mobile will ship the device starting Aug. 4. Seeker is the company’s second-generation device, after the Saga Web3 phone that launched in April 2023. The company unveiled the Seeker phone in September 2024, saying it wouldn’t just be a “memecoin phone.” So far, it has pre-sold 150,000 units. Read more