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"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone' (www.timeextension.com)
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Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it disables features like web browsing and social media by default.

However, despite the noble quest for a 'digital detox', the phone met with a somewhat frosty reception online (no pun intended), with many comparing it to an elderly relative's flip phone. In our poll, 70 percent of you said you wouldn't be buying one.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

That’s more like it!

And I completely disagree with the people saying it should be much cheaper.

It’s a LTE Linux computer. In 2026. With multiple screens, a 48MP camera, good DAC, enough power to run real Android apps and tons of bells and whistles; what do you expect?

Electronics are expensive, unless it’s cheap garbage, heavily subsidized, or both. That has a huge externalized cost, and avoiding that is the whole point of this phone. R&D, customer service, and continued software support for the translation layer and OS, must crazy expensive too.

I know wages haven’t gone up with inflation, which makes $400 hard to afford, but that’s not in Commodore’s control.

If one wants a cheaper AliExpress Android fliphone, that’s reasonable.

But it’s not the same product. And you’re going to pay for it in other ways.

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Android fliphone

Not interested. Want SailfishOS.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

1st-party supported SailfishOS, to be specific.

That's huge, to me.

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah! I have a Sony Xperia 10 III, but the SailfishOS support is kinda... not officially supported in the US?

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