Author: Odaily Planet Daily
On September 19, Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, officially announced the new web3 smartphone Seeker, which is the second-generation web3 smartphone device developed by the company after the first-generation web3 mobile phone Saga. At the beginning of this year, Seeker started pre-sales under the code name "Chapter 2". According to official announcements, pre-sales have exceeded 140,000 units.
Previously, the main reason why Chapter 2 was able to complete a large number of pre-sale orders without disclosing specific information about the device was that the airdrop appreciation from the Solana on-chain project to the first-generation web3 mobile phone Saga far exceeded the purchase cost. Therefore, people have similar expectations for the second-generation mobile phones.
It is reported that Seeker’s pre-sale early bird price of $450 ended on September 21. But with the specific details of the Seeker phone revealed, what are the features of the device that make it worth buying compared to the previous generation phone Saga? From an airdrop perspective, if I buy now, can I expect to get my money back through airdrops?
Odaily Planet Daily will briefly introduce the specific details of the Seeker mobile phone in this article, and statistics on the airdrop value received by previous Solana mobile phone pre-orderers, hoping to provide readers with a reference for their purchasing decisions.
Hardware: Better camera, but less storage space
According to public information, in terms of hardware, the Saga mobile phone is equipped with a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and a 4110 mAh battery; it has 512 GB of storage space, 12 GB of memory; a 6.67-inch AMOLED screen; and two cameras, each with 50 million pixels. pixels and 12 million pixels; with fingerprint unlocking function.
According to the currently officially announced Seeker mobile phone hardware, it can be seen that the changes are:
The storage space has become smaller, and the Seeker has 128 GB of storage space and 8 GB of memory, which is far inferior to the first-generation mobile phone Saga; the screen size has become smaller, and the Seeker is equipped with a 6.36-inch AMOLED screen, which is better and lighter than the first-generation mobile phone screen; camera pixels Improved, Seeker is also equipped with two cameras, 108 million pixels and 32 million pixels respectively. The camera performance is better than the first generation mobile phone.
At the same time, according to the official description, the Seeker battery performance will be better than the first-generation Saga, but no data related to the Seeker battery has been released yet.
Seed Vault Wallet: Wallet user experience upgrade
Seed Vault Wallet is a mobile-first crypto wallet built exclusively for Solana Seeker. Its natively integrated hardware Seed Vault enables seamless self-hosting, supports fingerprint unlocking and double-click to send transactions, and users can get a smoother and upgraded user experience.
Solana dApp Store 2.0: Adds reward tracker functionality
The Solana dApp Store has added a reward tracker function to track all rewards for display users in a simplified and clear way, and updated the navigation to improve dApp exploration capabilities, covering areas such as payments, DeFi, DePIN, NFT, and games. At the same time, Seeker’s exclusive dApp products will be launched in the future.
Get additional Seeker creation tokens
Each Solana Seeker comes with a soul-bound Seeker Genesis Token, which is the user’s VIP pass to unlock rewards, access, and content within the Solana ecosystem. At the same time, you can still get Chapter 2 pre-order tokens by pre-ordering Seeker now.
Integrated AI
Seeker users can use Alethea AI to generate tokenized AI agents (new or familiar faces) that can interact with the Solana community on-chain or in the app, unlocking new ways to participate and earn money.
Airship: Making airdrops cheaper
Helius launches ZK compression tool Airship, which can make airdrop costs 4000 times cheaper. A pre-order community airdrop to Solana Mobile that previously cost $40,000 will now cost just $100 and will be automatically airdropped to Chapter 2 pre-order token holders.
Airdrop value received by Solana mobile pre-orderers
The airdrop appreciation for Solana's first-generation Web3 smartphone Saga, if sold at the right time, can not only cover the purchase cost but also make a profit. Therefore, out of the mentality of winning airdrops, the pre-order volume of Solana Chapter 2 far exceeds that of the first-generation mobile phone Saga. The following statistics summarize the main airdrop projects and airdrop values for the first-generation mobile phones Saga and Chapter 2:
As shown in the picture above, for users of the first-generation mobile phone Saga, the airdrop value is indeed relatively generous. Even early users who spent $1,000 to purchase a mobile phone (the price of Saga will be reduced to $599 in August 2023) can be easily covered by the airdrop value. If you reduce the purchase cost, if you sell at the right time, there will even be a lot of room for profit.
For Chapter 2 pre-orderers, it is more difficult for the airdrop value to cover the purchase cost or make a profit than in the previous generation. The higher-value airdrops that Chapter 2 pre-orderers can get are MEW and MANEKI, while the airdrop values of other projects are smaller. . If you want to achieve return on investment or profit, you have to sell at the highest point almost every time.
Is Seeker worth buying?
To sum up, from the perspective of airdrops, even if the purchase cost of Chapter 2 has been reduced, the difficulty of repayment and profitability has also increased. The reason may also be due to increased competition. The total sales of the first-generation mobile phone Saga is only more than 20,000 units, while the number of pre-orders for Chapter 2 alone has reached 140,000. There are more people sharing the cake, and each person can naturally get less share. .
Solana continues to develop hardware products, perhaps with the goal of becoming the Apple of encryption and establishing its own hardware and software ecosystem. But combined with the characteristics of Seeker, for users, the focus of attention may mainly be the reward tracker, Seeker's creation token, the new money-making model of the AI agent, and the airdrop tool Airship. Perhaps this also reflects a positive signal that Solana officials are also catering to users’ potential needs for airdrops and want to make the cake bigger again to attract more people to pay attention to Solana’s hardware products.
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〈Solana’s new mobile phone Seeker is unveiled. Can it make back its money through airdrops this time? 〉This article was first published in "Block Guest".
