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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.
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.
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.
I would be interested, but the amount of paternalism is disgusting.
No browser? I'm an adult; if I want to google something I forgot (when was that event?), that's my f'ing right. Don't try to patronize me.
They sabotage themselves by trying to teach you "to be a better person".
No social media or internet browsering for you, young man! Now do your homework. 🙄
Overall: we want to either get a cheap one second hand or make our own because PWEW that’s such a good idea lol
and more expensive for the transparent one!
Can it still run Doom though?
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'm not buying Linux, if the drivers aren't open.
I just noticed it has a SID chip for ringtones. I'm sold.
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?
You found a secret level!! 🤯🔥💥
Ooooh 😲
T9 😞😭
Wait I looove t9 bro
I've been thinking lately how cool it would be to type via T-9 on PC via the numpad. Game-changer for HTPC duties.
but would you want it flipped to suit the numpad layout? personally i'd be happy with flipping the whole numpad to a phone dialler layout.
Oo someone has to have done it
Fuck yeah, I miss being able to send messages without looking at my phone, or even removing it from my pocket.
Commodore has had an interesting year. A retro-tech YouTuber got into discussions with the company and ended up buying it. I think they had plans to become a public benefit company of some kind, with a focus on openness and preserving old tech.
I'm surprised that the Wikipedia article doesn't have a lot of details on those recent developments from the past year
Well, bought the trademarks at least. Commodore as a proper company hasn't existed for over three decades, the name has just been bouncing around from one company to another.
There's another Commodore in Italy too though. Not sure what's the deal with that.
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.
I'd take some sandbox mechanism for those predatory apps, as it's a pain living without them (I do, but school, colleges etc don't).
I mean, it's not like it comes preloaded or anything. It's Linux, you can choose install (or not install) whatever you want.
Edit: Good Lord, it actually does come preloaded. Unreal.
Wait, where? Is that in te video i didnt watch? Preloaded whatsapp spyware is a dealbreaker if it cant be removed easily and immediately.
Edit: Good Lord, it actually does come preloaded.
At least Facebook will subsidize a large portion of the price, right?
> $500
Well then.
It’s Linux, you can choose install (or not install) whatever you want.
yes, well except that is what they are trying to patent (as far as I can tell) using key based tools to not allow certain apps and DNS filtering as well. If its based on linux, thats one thing, but doesnt stop them from locking things down.
I want this but no 5g is a deal breaker
What do you need 5G for with a phone like this, though? It's explicitly not a media-consumption device.
I'm on a provider that only has 5g in some areas. Nobody is putting up new 4g or lower towers I guess
While true, won't 4g be phased out in like 5 years?
5g has better coverage for me.
Works better in high density areas than 4G, even bandwidth/latency aside.
As much as awesome this is, ~450$ for this is toooooo much
Yeah I was pretty shocked at that price, I thought it would be less than $200
300 because of the nostalgia maybe, but 500? Ludicrous.
"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.
Good, I’ll buy one
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.
