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Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It (www.timeextension.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

Looks like one of those flip phones with large keys for elderly people. Looks like it's running Sailfish OS.

It's also at least $500...

Includes audiophile grade HD Audio

I somehow doubt that

DAC chips from ESS and Cirrus Logic

What.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah audiophile grade mobile players are fucking huge. So unless they made a breakthrough in audio hardware design, that's just not true.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    That's not necessarily true, look at the Hiby R3 Pro II for instance. Even older players like the FiiO X3 II or the iPod 5.5 Gen (which is considered audiophile by many).

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The oldest initial users of the C64 are elderly now. Those folks were adults in the '80s when the machine came out.

    And those of us who were kids at the time are now late forties, early fifties or thereabouts. Riiight about the age eyesight starts to go...

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It's niche hardware: a smartphone in a flip-phone formfactor (with a headphone jack). Of course they're not producing them for <$100. Ars Technica costed out other phones in a similar market category ( last paragraph here ) and by that standard it's middle-priced, or a bit above.

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