A year has passed since Commodore, the computer brand many of you know and love, came back from the dead under new ownership. The comeback is picking up pace too, with a lineup that already includes multiple Commodore 64 Ultimate editions, a C64X PC, and a licensing program that invites outside builders to use the name. Now, they have announced a return to the phone market, and not in the doomscrolling glass-slab avatar we are all used to, but in a retro, very equippable flip phone format....

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[–] 46 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

I had a bad feeling about the whole C64 brand when it got overhauled recently. It had vaporware startup written all over it. Guess my gut feeling was on point once again.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It had vaporware startup written all over it.

    It can't be "vaporware" when they are actually releasing products for purchase.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    But they haven't released yet, they've been announced and given no firm release date.

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