It's 2026 and I'm suddenly desperately interested in buying a flipphone from Commodore? What is even going on? Has reality itself completely jumped the shark?

Privacy first? So what is WhatsApp doing on there?

I get why, that is for a lot of people the ONLY way they use a phone instead of calling, but this definitely not privacy first or social media free then.

As much as awesome this is, ~450$ for this is toooooo much

"We built the phone in between" [a smart phone and dumb phone] is a pretty appealing tag line. In the last half of the 2010s, when I finally dragged myself into getting an actual smart phone, I really wished I could get a flip phone that was more capable. The feature phones still on the market at the time seemed to be right out of 2003.

This implementation seems a little off. It has the flip form factor, and can run most android apps, great! But then it sounds like they arbitrarily block browsers and 'social media'? I think just leave them out by default, and let people go that route if they want it. The form factor already limits how well some of those would work.

Dumb ❌

Overpriced ✅

I will suck Commodore's dick all day, but for $500?

Fuck out of here with your AI-ass ad and Whatsapp-preloaded flip phone.

i am the target audiance like 100% but.. THE PRICE! HOLLY FUCK! the idea is nice but.. realy? t9 crap? and lets take about the website. i can smell ai generated background. and the scheme of the phone look like a chat gpt thing.

Commodore's promo image is 3008, the other phone brands are 2000 and late. Gotta get that.

I want this but no 5g is a deal breaker

Kinda funny that we’re looking at this on lemmy, 90% of us are on our phones browsing while doing random things.

It looks cool, but smartphones, good or bad, fill the void of riding the bus, waiting 5 mins for your next meeting, waiting for your partner to get ready in “5 more minutes”. I’m ADHD and this helps me just unwind.

I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s silly that this is being pitched as revolutionary.

It's super cool and I'm strongly considering it, but not including 5G is dumb I think. Where I live 5G has way better coverage and 4G is lacking and spotty many places. Also no mentioning of Bluetooth is also a big no no for me. So much for a good DAC buy now all my headphones I already own are wireless with LDAC And AptX etc.

Hey kids! Do you want a phone that costs more, does less, and still comes bundled with privacy breaching software? Well then have I got a phone for YOU!

• Love the idea
• Already exists via kei phones out however you call them
• Love the transparent shell
• $599?!?!?! (512€)?!?!?! Chat that’s pricey as hell for a lil thing like that, girl we can get a better phone for way cheaper and just side load Linux into it. Sheeeeesh you crazy
• again transparent phone case with that flash notification mwah icing on the cake

Overall: we want to either get a cheap one second hand or make our own because PWEW that’s such a good idea lol

Not sure I could face T9 typing again.

$499 hell no, max $70

At the heart of the Callback is a MediaTek Helio G81 SoC, with 4GB/64GB on board. A 32GB microSD card is included to get you started, too.

I just noticed it has a SID chip for ringtones. I'm sold.

This actually looks cool af. I’d strongly consider using this.

Holy shit thats actually cute as fuck. Sad I need a qwerty keyboard 🥲

I'm not buying Linux, if the drivers aren't open.

Frankly, I'm not feeling it.

Long ago, Commodore trademark was just slapped on random junk.

It was my hope that when the Commodore trademark was recently acquired by folks who genuinely care about Commodore history, this sort of things would not happen again.

Makes me a bit apprehensive.