Mastodawn

Commodore’s new flip phone runs Sailfish OS with 99% Android app support (Signal, Maps, Uber etc) but blocks browsers, social media and work emails at the OS level. Features a T9 keys, no popup notification preview outer screen (only shows the time, date, battery, and network signal), audio headphone jack, user swappable battery, and retro C64 games to reclaim your focus. What do you think?

https://commodore.net/why-a-flip-phone/

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nixCraft 🐧1d ago

The phone expected to start at US $500 for the standard models. There are also higher end editions etc that cost about $640 (Founder's Edition with 24K gold-plated Commodore button and premium finish etc). The price is higher. They need a basic phone model that can allow google maps and uber and I will buy it at lower price. $500 is too much. I just need those two for travel which cheapo phone does the job.

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Max Lee

@nixCraft Tbh. if one only wants a cheap phone you get plenty of old flagships for under 100 bucks used. Update it with a custom rom to the latest Android and you can basically run everything you want (besides AAA games of course)

The Commodore phone does not seem to target the segment of cheap phones, they target the segment of "well-off people who want to go on a digital sabbatical but don't have the will power so they need to buy a gadget which can offer this" or alternatively "enough money to just randomly buy cool gadgets" (I used to be in the last category when I still made decent money, this definitely appeals to me especially as I already run a phone with Sailfish OS and love flip phones)