Commodore announces Callback 8020, a phone “between dumb and smart”

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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 8020, let’s get something out of the way first.

Commodore International Corporation (CIC), which now owns the brand, was established last year by Christian Simpson, a tech YouTuber who is the CEO. He’s brought on some ex-employees of the original company, but this isn’t the Commodore of old rising from the ashes like a Phoenix. It’s an entirely different company which bought the rights to the…

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