Commodore Callback

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New Sailfish Phone?

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Just saw this as well and headed out to the forums to see if thereā€™s any announcement from Jolla side. Very surprising product to say the leastā€¦ :smiley:

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Indeed. Iā€™m thrilled to see too brands I hold very dear in my heart work together. And the Starlight Flippophone looks gorgeous! Now if I only hadnā€™t already ordered the J2ā€¦

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I donā€™t see the link with Sailfish OS. The UI looks more like KaiOS, no?

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Iā€™m also interested to hear why we think this could be using SFOS?

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Itā€™s in the fine print at the bottom of the video.

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From the Wired.com review ā€¦

The Commodore Callback 8020 is not the first Commodore-branded phone (that would be the Pet from 2015), but itā€™s the first to feel unique and interesting. It might look like a dumb Nokia phone from yesteryear, but this flippy gadget has access to modern-day Android apps because it runs the Linux-based Sailfish OS from the Finnish company Jolla.

Take a look at : The Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Digital Detox Phone That Isnā€™t Dumb | WIRED

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Daaaaam, you have a good vision! Well, that connects it quite well for SFOS :slight_smile: Go Jolla!

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Will, of course, only run selected Android apps, no native apps whatsoever but someone may be able to hack it open. :slight_smile:

Edit: FAQ mentions e.g. Pure Maps but still unclear if itā€™s just preinstalled and if Sailfish apps can be installed later. Under ā€œsideloadingā€ only Android apps are mentioned.

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But really cool that Jolla just keeps going to better direction IMO. Licensing SFOS for other company is huge step!

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Now we just need to hear about huge public administrator move to SailfishOS and snowball can change to avalanche really quickly :slight_smile:

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Not sure how big the demands for those half-dumb phones with the price range. but it is very nice move.

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The high price may actually reflect the fact that they donā€™t see a crazy huge demand for it.

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If you canā€™t run native SFOS apps on it, and only Android, then why didnā€™t they just slap a native Android implementation on it? Licensing and cost perhaps? Or one based on AOSPā€¦

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Licensing and control could be the reason.
I could also imagine the UI and some preinstalled apps might be native.
I might be also misinterpreting the Wired article but I donā€™t think they care about the SFOS side too much.

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And the CEO wrote a nice ā€˜whyā€™ explainer and explicitly says itā€™s Sailfish, under the hood.

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Who says you canā€™t? My guess is you very well can but need to work on getting it onto the phone :slight_smile:

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Wired also talk about:

Sailfishā€™s Aurora Store

which implies little to zero knowledge about the unofficial Android scene.

I think, if they were to remove the chains (ie allow touchscreen use and freedom to install whatever you choose) they might find a few more buyers from here.

There are plenty who want a smaller screen and plenty who want an audio jack, and this goes further with its DAC.

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