Solana Mobile Announces Aug. 4 Launch Date for Its Seeker Web3 Smartphone

Solana Mobile has announced Aug. 4 as the launch date for its Seeker Web3 mobile phone.

Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, is preparing to launch its Seeker Web3 mobile phone on August 4, marking a significant step in the development of a decentralized mobile ecosystem.

The mobile ecosystem will be powered by a native token, SKR, which will be used to incentivize and reward users, developers, and hardware manufacturers for their contributions to growing the Web3 mobile ecosystem.

“Aligning incentives is essential to building a truly decentralized and self-sustaining mobile ecosystem,” said Emmett Hollyer, general manager of Solana Mobile. “Instead of being passive consumers in someone else's walled garden, users, developers, and hardware manufacturers become active stewards of a community-owned digital infrastructure.”

Solana Mobile is aiming to create a decentralized mobile ecosystem with a competitive edge.

"The goal is to build a top-tier mobile ecosystem that can compete with Google and Apple. Crypto is the wedge that can do it. Chance of failure - nearly certain, opportunity - enormous," Solana Labs co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko told Mobile World Congress (MWC) attendees.

Solana Mobile also unveiled the core of the Seeker's technical architecture: TEEPIN, or Trusted Execution Environment Platform Infrastructure Network. It's a three-layer architecture that "allows developers, users, and device makers to participate in a secure, trustless mobile environment."

The first layer is the hardware layer, which utilizes device-level trusted execution environment (TEE) to enable cryptographic attestation of the device's software and hardware integrity.

The second layer, or platform layer, allows verified users and apps to connect with onchain verification, enabling the global distribution of apps without the need for gatekeepers or the high fees associated with traditional mobile ecosystems.

Finally, the third layer is the network layer, which serves as a decentralized trust layer for devices and applications, maintained by a network of community leaders and organizations.

"TEEPIN represents the next evolution in mobile - a framework where trust isn't granted by a central authority but verified through cryptography," said Yakovenko. "By leveraging secure hardware that already exists on modern smartphones and governing access onchain, we're unlocking open innovation, platform ownership and a decentralized future for mobile."

Solana’s SOL token is down 0.8% over the past 24 hours and 4% over the past week, but is up 25% over the past month, according to The Defiant’s price feeds.