Commodore is Back with a 5.5" Smartphone

[WYP]

Commodore is Back with a 5.5" Smartphone, with a 13 megapixel camera, a 3000 mAh battery, an 8-core CPU and even a Commodore 64 and Amiga Emulator.

Read more on the Commodore PET Mobile phone here.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

That's siiick

 

[Emu]

If I remember correctly, it is some other company banking on the nostalgic value/cult status of the Commodore name rather then the actual Commodore company. The original company went bankrupt many years ago (1994) and sold off all its assets.

 

[SuB]

oh my.. oh.. my.. I want that, I covet that!

Edit: released in EU, so why $ prices??!

 

[barnsley]

If I remember correctly, it is some other company banking on the nostalgic value/cult status of the Commodore name rather then the actual Commodore company. The original company went bankrupt many years ago (1994) and sold off all its assets.

You're right.

Its an Italian duo.

That’s where things stood until March, when Massimo Canigiani and Carlo Scattolini registered Commodore Business Machines Limited in the UK. The Italian entrepreneurs claim to have acquired rights for the brand and trademark in the mobile industry in 38 countries, including the US.

Its a generic OEM android phone (a high end one) with some nice software by the sounds of things. I do quite like it. dual sim too.

 

[Dicehunter]

One of the first computers I had was a Commodore 64 along with an Atari 800XL so it's good to see one of my favourite companies come back to life like this

 

[ander01se]

Disappointed that it isn't a 100% custom OS.

Still want one just for the logotype and the commodore name though.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Disappointed that it isn't a 100% custom OS.

Still want one just for the logotype and the commodore name though.

Hmm the Cyanogen guys will have that issue fixed for you

 

[tinytomlogan]

I think they have just licensed the name - this isnt a Commodore phone from what I can tell

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I think they have just licensed the name - this isnt a Commodore phone from what I can tell

Yup Yeahronimo Media Ventures bought the commodore assets and now renamed to commodore international corporation adopting also the glorious commodore logo... http://www.commodorecorp.com/

 

[Kushiro]

So many of these out lately, yet none available in AUS?

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'm stuck on why they thought an 8-core cpu would be a good idea for a phone. We don't even need 8 cores on desktop PCs for the majority of work..

 

[Tripp]

I'm stuck on why they thought an 8-core cpu would be a good idea for a phone. We don't even need 8 cores on desktop PCs for the majority of work..

its 2 quad cores, one for performance and on for efficiency

 

[NeverBackDown]

its 2 quad cores, one for performance and on for efficiency

and one bad idea. Lol

Be better off with a single quad core tbh. Even then we don't really need quad cores. Mobile phones would do better with stronger cores rather than more slightly weaker ones.

 

[fadingfool]

So one of these phones.


This emulator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.C64Emu


And This C64 browser http://www.c64web.com/


And we are good to go

 

[barnsley]

Yup Yeahronimo Media Ventures bought the commodore assets and now renamed to commodore international corporation adopting also the glorious commodore logo... http://www.commodorecorp.com/

Thats the wrong company. They were the ones who failed a few years ago.

This is the actual company, Commodore Business Machines:
http://www.commodoresmart.com/

 

[SuB]

and one bad idea. Lol

Be better off with a single quad core tbh. Even then we don't really need quad cores. Mobile phones would do better with stronger cores rather than more slightly weaker ones.

Works for everyone else. Gives you more power states and ability to change around wether you want speed or battery.

Samsung are doing it, as are many others.. They can only dissipate so much heat, so they pack in as much as they can with the more powerful quad and then pop in some extra cores for low power. It works. /fin

 

[tolagarf]

Is this a prank? How many times have we been told, something something is coming back with the Commodore or Amiga name... Don't care at this point

 

[barnsley]

and one bad idea. Lol

Be better off with a single quad core tbh. Even then we don't really need quad cores. Mobile phones would do better with stronger cores rather than more slightly weaker ones.

You'd love an iPhone then! Still running on dual cores.

 

[NeverBackDown]

You'd love an iPhone then! Still running on dual cores.

I want a good phone. That isn't one of them. They will break after a year, I see it everyday. Dropped my M8 countless times without a case and while the back is all scratched.. still runs as If brand new.

Intel have said the same though, phones need stronger cores than multiple weaker ones. Using less cores also means less power, less space taken up inside, simplifies design and therefore cheaper to produce.. also saves couple grams of weight because you only need one chip and not two. All they would need to do is turn off a core when it's at idle then turn it on when needed. That's a better design than two chips even if one is "low power".