Going retro: Commodore strips the smartphone back to essentials
New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News [Unofficial]
June 22, 2026
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 bedroom keyboard warriors, has unveiled the Callback 8020, a retro flip phone built around a simple idea: keep the parts of a smartphone you actually need, and strip out the ones designed to keep you hooked.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Commodore, Flip, Phone, Android, Retro, Handsets
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