Commodore's New Flip Phone Focuses on 'Digital Detox' and Blocks Social Media Apps

The retro phone has a physical T9 texting button layout, the ability to run most Android-based apps and a social media blacklist.

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The company responsible for the Commodore 64, the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, is back. And Commodore's latest unveiling feels appropriately retro: a "digital detox" flip phone called The Commodore Callback 8020.

Commodore's Callback 8020 announcement blog attributes the phone's simple throwback design to the "screen break" trend, writing that it's for customers who want a "calmer, more intentional phone."

The Callback 8020 promises to pare back distractions and doomscrolling. It has limited touchscreen availability and no browser access. It has no work apps, no email and no AI. Social media apps are completely blacklisted from the onboard Commostore. The company has developed "patent-pending" technology that prevents users from sideloading the offending apps.

"When you're done using it, you snap it...

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