Commodore has cut the price of its new Callback 8020 flip phone by $100. Pre-orders start on June 30, the company announced on June 24.

This phone does one thing: it calls and texts. That is all. It has no app for Facebook or Instagram, no email, and no web browser. Think of it as the opposite of your smartphone—a device designed to keep you from scrolling.

The price cut comes four days before pre-orders begin. Commodore announced the cut publicly rather than quietly changing the price, signaling that affordability matters to its strategy. We do not yet know the final price after the $100 reduction.

The flip design is interesting on its own. These phones were common in the early 2000s, then largely disappeared when touchscreen phones took over. What Commodore is doing here is not about nostalgia. The flip works as a practical feature: when the phone is closed, the screen is physically blocked, and you cannot scroll through apps even if you wanted to.

Right now, a small but growing group of people are buying these bare-bones phones. Some parents buy them for their children. Some adults use them as a second phone when traveling or trying to focus on work. Others are experimenting with reducing their screen time. The Light Phone II and certain Nokia models (made by a company called HMD) sell to this same audience.

Commodore as a brand name has history. The original Commodore made home computers in the 1970s and 1980s. The C64 was one of the best-selling computers ever. The brand name has been bought and sold many times since then. If you like the name for that reason, it is worth checking which company owns it today.

Market watchers have noticed sales of these simple phones slowly growing in North America and Europe. It is still a small slice of the phone market compared to smartphones, but it is real growth. Commodore is joining an established group of competitors and betting on a lower price to attract buyers.

We will know more once pre-orders start. Volume, pricing, and carrier compatibility will reveal whether this phone finds its audience.