Cautiously optimistic about this one. $500 for a niche Linux phone that works as a phone is fair.

And color LED notifications! Why did we ever get rid of those?

I'm happy to see this trend. I'm not trying to wean myself off a smartphone, because I never used my phone that way. I just don't want to pay for, and be spied on by a bunch of crap I don't use.

$500 and up with no specs mentioned. Yikes.

Price aside, I absolutely love the idea of this and would compare it to the CAT S22 Flip I've been using for almost 2 years. Mine runs a (now) de-Googled Android 11, so it is getting a bit long in the tooth. The screen on this one also seems a bit larger which would be nice for maps and such (the S22 can do Organic Maps just fine, but the screen is tiny).

Commodore’s patent-pending technology blocks social media platforms and internet browsers at the system level.

I don't like this, though. At least, not the web browser part of it. The nice thing about the S22 is I can do that just fine, albeit annoyingly small and suboptimal, when I need to. Like, if I'm out and about and need to look up a business or phone number or something. The catch is that while I can use the web browser for what I need, it's too small / clunky to spend time farting around with things that aren't necessary. Hopefully there's a setting to allow that because that would be a dealbraker for me as I am on the lookout for a worthy successor to my S22.

Commodore’s patent-pending technology blocks social media platforms and internet browsers at the system level.

Do people have zero self control

Would be cool to know what components are user serviceable. I really dig the aesthetics of this phone (except the founders edition, just like the ultimate 64 founders edition, reeks of trump.)

Much as I dislike social media, blocking me from installing whatever the hell I want on my device sounds... lame?

Nice.

I would love something like that, if it tad a flip out keyboard. Why did everyone forget the majesty of the flip out keyboardw 😔