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Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps (www.tomshardware.com)
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Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish

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[–] noodles@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Sounds like you want the sidephone then maybe. I think this is a cool idea but there's like 8 other implementations for hundreds less. Unless the main draw is Linux, but if it's pushing to run android apps then why not stick with degoogled android like all the others?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a pixel with grapheneOS. I'm already degoogled, but this one looks like a cool nostalgia gadget that would be cool to have for a less outrageous price. I like the design and the idea (and the linux part), but I don't think $500 is the price they should be asking.

[–] newton@feddit.online 3 points 1 week ago

Same here

[–] bambancico@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

I believe that the Linux phone part comes from Android being a fork of Linux. That means that you can’t take advantage of the modern Linux kernel and thus have to maintain a parallel kernel, which is probably absurdly inefficient.