The Commodore Callback 8020 flip phone looks like it’s from decades ago but its price was definitely a sign of today’s times. That’s changed, with Commodore’s announcement today that it will drop the price $100 for most models before pre-orders start next week.
The phone caused a stir when it was announced a week ago. First, there was the thrill of 80s computing legend Commodore making a phone. Then the phone being retro in both look and function caught attention, with a flip-phone form factor combined with a focus on privacy. But one of the most unique features of the Callback 8020 is that it runs Android apps on Linux-based Sailfish OS instead of Android. Among all of the praise though, was criticism that a $500 starting price for the basic models was too high.
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Thanks! Interesting, I hadn’t heard of that one.
I wasn’t able to find if the tt970 (or the newer t990) provably can run Signal, but seems like it’s an Android 14 so I guess it should.
Do you have one?
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Oh, the TTFone OS core is a proprietary fork of AOSP, and developed in China. That is probably a nope for me.
But I appreciate for letting me know of it. Might be good for the kids in the near future.
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It’s a de-googled Android hence AOSP and the source code is nowhere to be found, as far as I can tell. That said, I don’t really know where they wrote the device-specific changes, just guessed.
As for the 8020, it’s obviously an unproven product at this stage so picking that at this stage is pretty much a gamble.