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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Commodore, which can trace its lineage to the roots of microcomputing in the 1980s, released a not-so-dumb dumbphone Tuesday. The Callback arrives at a time when a growing number of consumers, parents ...

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 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 ...

Retro computing brand Commodore has brought its pre-internet sensibilities to the mobile phone market with a $500 flip handset that proudly ships without social media, email, a web browser, or most of ...

Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a new flip-style mobile phone designed to sit between a traditional feature phone and a modern smartphone. Rather than competing on performance, camera ...

What just happened? The company that gave the world the Commodore 64 and the Amiga is back with a flip phone. Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a retro-styled handset for people who want to ...

The Callback is another bit of gadget nostalgia. It also has a very modern appeal. The Callback is another bit of gadget nostalgia. It also has a very modern appeal. is editor-at-large and Vergecast ...