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"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone' (www.timeextension.com)
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Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it disables features like web browsing and social media by default.

However, despite the noble quest for a 'digital detox', the phone met with a somewhat frosty reception online (no pun intended), with many comparing it to an elderly relative's flip phone. In our poll, 70 percent of you said you wouldn't be buying one.

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[โ€“] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This, I think the price is decent. Most dumbphones are low cost but you notice it - terrible buttons, slow camera, lackluster audio. On top of that they have no coolness factor. This is a phone that ticks all boxes and is privacy friendly. On top of that, it is from a company I like to support.

[โ€“] adarza@piefed.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

the cheap flip phones are truly dollar-store build quality and cameras. mine has a crappy radio, it seems, too.. nearly always roaming on another carrier's nearby tower because it can't pick up the vzn one just a couple miles outside of town.

the 'rugged' ones are built better and can take a literal beating and still work, but they cost as much as a recent model 128gb smart phone.. and still have squat for storage and lousy cameras.