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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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[–] normalentrance@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I'd do up to $200 for nostalgia (given inflation and component prices like RAM).

[–] AlanWake2112@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would be interested if I knew which networks it works on….

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[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More tempting now anyway. I assume with SailfishOS you can add a web browser.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They said that they specifically blocked this.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

They say a lot of things. I'm curious how easy it is to bypass

[–] dawcas@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 2 months ago

I have a dumb-phone. 20€. I had to buy a new one because the old one used only 2G and that infrastructure is gonna be put down sooner rather than later.
I don't get what they are trying to achieve with that thing.

[–] LightDelaBlue@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

translation: fuck no one buy it! but we cant make a discount..... HEY! i got a idea! let fake we listened to them!

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You can also sign up for the waitlist for an additional $50 off the price at preorder, which begins June 30. Not sure if they'll be checking that your email address is on the waitlist to use the code, but it's a generic code.

Done! You can use the code CHICKENLIPS at checkout on June 30th for a total of $100 off!

[–] CallMeAl@piefed.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come on Commodore, I want a retro computer with new Herdware in it. Not some crippled linux phone.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I want a retro computer with new Herdware in it.

You're in luck! It was their first product of this reborn company. They sell that right here: https://commodore.net/computer/

[–] CallMeAl@piefed.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's the thing. I already have almost a dozen original and remake Commodore 64s. Also Plus/4, C128, and so on. I don't know who the target market of the new Commodore is, but it doesn't feel like its me.

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Direct link to Commodore's product page if you don't want to give the news site a click: https://commodore.net/callback/

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

$500!? What kind of crack are they smoking?

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

its not smart phone, but not dumb, so what, is it an average joe phone?

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