Commodore Brand Makes a Return on Smartphones

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2015 09:59 AM | source: | 30 comment(s)

If you are my age, you probably have had a Commodore computer. Commodore computers had THE products to buy back in the mid-1980s. I 've had Commodore C16, 64, 128 and well I'll be honesty here, any Commodore Amiga you can imagine.

The products died after the OC revolution, the brand Commodore however was sold and sold and then sold again. Right now there is news, Commodore will return .. on smartphones. An Italian company that owns the Commodore branding has registered Commodore in 38 countries under Commodore PET using the original Commodore logo. To keep nostalgia at an all time high the smartphone will run the VICE C64-emulator and even Uae4All2-SDL Amiga-emulator.

Aside from the naming, this really is an Android Smartphone with 5.5" screen at 1920x1080 and Gorilla glass cover. The processor used is a Mediatek-octacore with 1,7GHz clocks and a Mali T760-graphics unit. At the backside you will spot a 13mp camera, at the fron an 8mp camera. There will be two models, one with 16GB storage capacity and 2GB RAM. There will also be a 32GB storage and 3GB ram version. The models cost 275 and 330 EURO respectively.

The Commodore smartphones will be introduced in Italy, France, Germany and Poland first, other countries will follow.

Nostalgia people ...

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#5122409 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:02 AM

Heh, didn't know Commodore was into smartphones, nice specs too

Missed out on the C64 when I was young, but had plenty of Amigas, had an internet connection to bulletin boards iirc lol

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#5122413 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:10 AM

i will buy it just to have next Commodore in collection

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#5122420 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:26 AM

I had an Amstrad CPC 464 with a colour monitor, much better.

The phone is cool though, I'll check it out in more detail once it goes on sale.

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#5122437 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:40 AM

There is a distinct lack of beige plastic

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#5122442 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:52 AM

I knew this was coming and really pleased with it, i still have a C16, C64, Vic 20 and Amiga and the Pet was the very first computer that i used as they were in school and where i learnt to program. I wrote a game on the C64 many years ago but was mainly a musician on the C64 & Amiga, very good times they were too but great to see the CBM brand back again i must admit even if it has been rebranded more times than it should have been but damn you Escom.

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#5122560 Posted on: 07/15/2015 03:20 PM

If you are my age, you probably have had a Commodore computer. Commodore computers had THE products to buy back inÂ*the mid-1980s.Â*I 've hadÂ*Commodore C16, 64, 128 and well I'll be honesty here, and well I'll be honesty here, any Commodore Amiga you can imagine.

You have had Amiga 4000T backthen 20 years ago?! You've got to be kidding us Hilbert, that beast was super-expensive backthen... I've had (still have) C-64, A500, A1200... with tons of expansion cards & peripherals for them. Amiga 4000 & 4000T were just my dream, couldn't affort them backthen, in those days 4000T was way too expensive for anyone I knew, like some decent new car

Just one fact about Commodore everyone here probably have forgot about and guess you too Hilberr, shame yourself because you didn't made an article about that on G3D front page

Guess there are a lots of old farts like me here on G3D, Commodore fans, this year it's 30 years since first Commodore Amiga computer: Amiga 1000. Probably will start a thread about that to shoot some nostalgia pictures there and show to newbies here what they've missed from the era when their parents were dating

About a Commoore phone from article... Looks interesting, maybe gonna buy one for me just because of: nostalgia

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#5122591 Posted on: 07/15/2015 04:16 PM

I want the Amiga phone. Loved my miggy 1000.

3D motion holographic projector, DTS-X sound system, 3D 8k video capture, 80 Mpix still frame picture capture, and world class multitasking OS to boot without the running out of memory issues of current Droids.

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#5122600 Posted on: 07/15/2015 04:30 PM

Wow this is great. They now make a phone more powerful than the Vic 20 and C64 I had when I was a in grade school.

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#5122603 Posted on: 07/15/2015 04:32 PM

C16 and C64c here with everything one could get with it. (including plotter)
This thing is running big.LITTLE so it can be quite good. Tho if they own IP, the could have made few custom transistor to behave like old C64c at its best configuration instead of running emulator. And push code to that from software designer running on android.

Other than that it looks very luxurious. Too bad I am not into smartphones and I'll get another only in case my current dies.

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#5122622 Posted on: 07/15/2015 05:16 PM

hehe i remmber the first time we had the comodore when i was the young man at work at steel factor such the long time ago i wish we can gone back in time to then i think it was better an yes these c16 an the 64 was amazing i got the amiga in later 80 i think but my kid spill the riberna on it in the early 90s and kll it

(rip)but it is memory

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#5122745 Posted on: 07/15/2015 08:54 PM

That does not sound expensive. Screen is a bit large and run's Android, but meh, interested to read some comments from people who buy it. Not that I'm planning to buy one, just curious.

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#5122748 Posted on: 07/15/2015 08:54 PM

C64 probably the finest 8-bit computer ever made and the games proved it.
It had the best sound chip out of any 8-bit machine by along way.
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#5122756 Posted on: 07/15/2015 09:08 PM

Wait! There were other 8-bit contenders. Is it too late to have an Atari vs Commodore thread in an Nvidia vs AMD fashion?

I loved my Atari 800 and Atari 130XE. Loading up games on floppy disks or even cassette tapes. Those were the days!

I loved the strategy game M.U.L.E. most of all. I played a flash version recently and that game still holds up as addictive, 30 years later. It's still better than many, new strategy titles.

Other favorites:

Bruce Lee,
Defender,
Pole Position,
Dig Dug,
River Raid,
Castle Wolfenstein (where it all started

),
Joust,
Q-Bert

Nice to see the Commodore brand back. :nerd:

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#5122793 Posted on: 07/15/2015 09:48 PM

+1 for ATARI vs COMMODORE war!!!

Yes, M.U.L.E. was great!!!
And I also loved: ZYBEX, Spy vs Spy, FRED, ZORRO, Boulder Dash, Lasermania.
(There is still ATARI 65XE and ATARI 1040ST on my attic

but I cannot find my ZS Spectrum+ ...)

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#5122804 Posted on: 07/15/2015 10:05 PM

Sorry peeps, I was all excited until I found this.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/14/commodore-is-not-back-baby-company-slaps-commodore-brand-on-back-of-generic-smartphone-gets-attention/

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