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 ...

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 — ...

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 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 ...

Commodore’s next big release is a flip phone that offers essential internet services while removing social media apps and web browsers. Called the Callback 8020, the phone is an ode to the early age ...

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 ...

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 ...