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It has the same core spec as a $120 (delivered) Samsung phone and will cost between $500-$600 (delivered).

The C64U is an amazing achievement but it seems too early to go for the smart phone.

Hopefully there is a niche and their business plan is viable for a small number of sales.

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They're betting that the target demographic will pay a premium for the form factor, not so much the tech specs.

They are completely ignoring the market of parents who want a non-Smartphone for their kids. And I'm pretty sure this market is going to grow, much more than adults who want to limit themselves.

Those parents can choose from the many dumb phones already on the market that cost under $100. Why on earth would someone who isn't specifically nostalgic about Commodore products spend $500 for this specific dumb phone?

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech/b...

You can't do video calls on those sub $100 phones though.

Don't let the form factor fool you, this is not a dumb phone.

The Samsung with parental control does the same thing as this phone only you don't have to beg Commodore to install the apps your kid's school requires them to install.

It's at most a $200 smart phone (doubling the prices for the DAC + IEMs) being sold at > $500 with a funky design, interesting OS and their own app store.

I hope that they sell millions of these things, enough so that they can afford to buy the Amiga IP... just don't see it happening.

Exactly that. The idea that Commodore can decide which apps go on the device, and I'm supposed to pay a premium for that, is crazy to me. Parental controls solves the problem for kids, without preventing them from having apps the parents want them to have.

People in this thread are trying really hard to invent a customer base for this phone that was seemingly designed for exactly one person.

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