Commodore announced its $499 Callback 8020 flip phone a couple of weeks ago, and apparently people didn't like the price. So now the device has gone up for pre-order as promised, but it starts at $399 ...

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The dumbphone revival has been gathering momentum in recent years, and the newly revived Commodore brand wants in. The computing icon, best known for the machines that defined a generation of 1980s ...

The digital detox flip phone trend just got its most iconic entry yet: Commodore's Callback 8020 starts at $499, permanently blocks social media and web browsers at the OS level, and runs on Linux — ...

Every generation rebels against the predominant trends of the one that preceded them. In Gen Z's case, that rebellion seems to be taking the form of abandoning the long foretold digital future, where ...

Commodore has introduced the Callback 8020, a retro-styled flip phone designed as a digital detox device that system-level blocks social media and web browsers The handset runs a customized version of ...

Commodore is making a phone that isn't a full-on smartphone, nor is it a dumbphone. It straddles the line in a very obviously nostalgia-baiting fashion. Before we talk about the new Commodore Callback ...

DOVER, Del., June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Commodore today announced a mobile phone with no social media, no email, no browser, and no apologies. Arriving later this year, the Commodore Callback 8020 ...

The retro phone has a physical T9 texting button layout, the ability to run most Android-based apps and a social media blacklist. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games. He's ...

The Commodore Callback 8020 is a new phone that’s up for pre-order for $500 $399 and up*, and which is expected to ship before the end of 2026. But it looks like a flip-phone from the early 2000s, and ...

Commodore (yes, that Commodore) is rolling things back once again with the Callback 8020, a cell phone "with no social media, no email, no browser, and no apologies." The Callback 8020 has a very ...

The recently resurrected Commodore is getting back into phones, but rather than taking on the likes of Apple and Samsung at their own game, the Commodore Callback 8020 is a proudly non-conformant flip ...