After resurrecting an iconic PC brand, Commodore is getting into flip phones

It won’t be for everyone, but there’s something delightful about the retro look.

| Photo: Commodore When Christian Simpson, a retro gaming YouTuber also known as Peri Fractic, bought the remains of an early PC company called Commodore in 2025, he decided to pick up right where the original Commodore left off. Which meant starting product development in the mid-1990s.