Commodore’s latest gadget is a flip cellphone that blocks social media and browsers

“We’re determined to approach this in a way that’s fair and safe for everyone, and we’ll be consulting with the Callback community over the next few months to make this determination,” he stated.

The Callback 8020 runs the Linux-based working system Sailfish OS, which is made by Jolla, a cellular firm created by Nokia workers in 2012 that additionally makes telephones.

Per Commodore, its cellphone will assist “over 99 percent of Android apps” via Sailfish OS’s Android runtime app compatibility layer, together with Spotify, Signal, and WhatsApp. Commodore additionally geared up the cellphone with some Commodore 64-era video games.

Some Internet-based apps, like WhatsApp, will work.

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To decrease distractions, the cellphone makes use of a dome-shaped LED mild that lights up when you may have a message. Commodore thinks this will probably be much less distracting than pop-up messages, however I wager a lit-up cellphone attracts consideration, too.

The former Nokia 3360/3595 proprietor within me is very involved in one other attention-grabbing design function: the power to swap cellphone covers and connect a stringed appeal to the case.

Some of the cellphone’s swappable covers.

Some of the cellphone’s swappable covers.

Commodore hasn’t stated how a lot the covers will price.

Commodore hasn’t stated how a lot the covers will price.

Some of the cellphone’s swappable covers.

Commodore hasn’t stated how a lot the covers will price.

Additionally, the flip cellphone’s exterior display is designed to resemble Seventies Commodore calculators and has a purple tint.

A Commodore 776M calculator from 1975.

As a former Nokia cellphone consumer, I’m excited to listen to that the cellphone is meant to allow you to swap covers and allow you to connect a stringed appeal via the case.

For audio, the Callback 8020 makes use of an 8-bit SID music participant, an app for taking part in music created for the SID (sound interface machine) chip within the unique Commodore 64. The cellphone additionally has what Commodore claims is a high-end, on-board DAC, an built-in FM radio, and a 3.5mm jack, and it comes with a pair of in-ear displays.