Those yearning for a simpler era of technology are in luck. Commodore’s new retro-style flip phone blocks social media apps and lets users play classic games. The handset, called the Commodore ...

DOVER, Del., June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Following last week's reveal of the Commodore Callback 8020, the first flip phone to balance the modern needs of smartphone users with the anti-doomscrolling ...

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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 — ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new digital detox tool will be available for pre-order later this month. One company is releasing an old-school flip phone designed to discourage doomscrolling. It is called ...

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 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 ...

Commodore (yes, that Commodore) is rolling things back once again with the Callback 8020, a cell phone "with no social media, no email, no browser, and no apologies." The Callback 8020 has a very ...

No social media. No browser. No work. It's time to live again. DOVER, Del., June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Commodore today announced a mobile phone with no social media, no email, no browser, and no ...

Iconic 80s computing pioneer Commodore is launching a surprising new device: it's not a PC, but rather a phone designed to break modern smartphone addiction without leaving users completely stranded.

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 ...