Commodore has dropped the price of its retro phone by $100 ahead of preorders
Key takeaways
- A refreshing direction for a price change.
- Commodore Commodore has entered the phone business.
- The tradeoff for the $100 lower price will be that the baseline phones will no longer come with Hi-Def IEM earphones by default.
A refreshing direction for a price change.
Commodore Commodore has entered the phone business. Pre-orders for the very adorable Commodore Callback 8020 will open on June 30, and the company has made a welcome change to its cost. The BASIC Beige, Proto PET White, SX Silver, and the translucent blue Starlight Edition models of the privacy-focused flip phone will now start at $399 rather than $500. The Founders Edition model, thanks to its swanky 24 karat gold, will still cost the original $640.
The tradeoff for the $100 lower price will be that the baseline phones will no longer come with Hi-Def IEM earphones by default. They'll also have a secondhand memory chip by default, and Commodore is backing them with the same one-year warranty as the new ones. Both the earphones and premium (i.e., new) memory will be available as upgrade options.