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Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS (feed.itsfoss.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A year has passed since Commodore, the computer brand many of you know and love, came back from the dead under new ownership. The comeback is picking up pace too, with a lineup that already includes multiple Commodore 64 Ultimate editions, a C64X PC, and a licensing program that invites outside builders to use the name. Now, they have announced a return to the phone market, and not in the doomscrolling glass-slab avatar we are all used to, but in a retro, very equippable flip phone format....

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nokia sells flip phones for under $100 that use KaiOS. They were more like $60 before the current shitshow in the US.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Unless there's a tremendous performance bump for the price, it seems more and more like this just isn't worth it. And I'm not sure if people want the performance bump anyway...

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago

I am sure there is a big leap in both performance and build quality compared to the Nokias, but for what was originally a $60 phone, it is a great value even at $100. I don't see any "great value" with this Commodore phone, even though I do like many aspects of it.