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The Commodore Callback 8020 might be one of the strangest phones of the year so far. The company now calling itself Commodore is leaning into the nostalgia of its name with a handset designed to look like a 20-year old flip phone.
But while it has a small screen on top and number pad on the button, it is a modern smartphone that runs the Linux-based Sailfish OS and supports many Android apps… just not web browsers or social media apps, both of which “are blocked at the system level” in order to make this a device that’s less addictive to use than most other modern smartphones. First unveiled earlier this month, the Commodore Callback 8020 is now available for pre-order.
Note that this price represents a pre-launch price cut… and a few cost-cutting measures. You’ll have to pay $50 more if you want “premium” memory, which is said to be “newly manufactured memory” that’s sourced “straight from the fabrication line,” suggesting that folks who don’t opt for premium memory may be getting used RAM and storage.
There’s also a more expensive Founders Edition model that features a 24k gold-plated Commodore C= key and ships standard with premium memory.
