Commodore PET smartphone to debut at four European countries for $300

Commodore International was a North America based home computers and electronics manufacturing company which is now defunct. There was a time when Commodore company was the leader when it came to personal computers, who had been shipping millions of Commodore 64's each year. It even has got to its credit a Guinness world record of single biggest-selling computer ever. But in the early 1990's the company had it coming. They began to sink to losses, turned bankrupt and even had to change their Trademark ownerships.



Now as if rising out from the ashes is the new Commodore PET. The device sports a conventional build and design with an aluminum frame and interchangeable Polycarbonate covers. The display screen measures to be 5.5 inch IPS OGS with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3.



The rear camera features a 13 MP Sony sensor with a wide f/2.0 aperture which is complemented with an 8 MP front snapper with 80-degree wide angle lens. Both the snappers can be functioned with dedicated shutter buttons which is placed on the right side of the smartphone. Horse-powered by 64-bit octa-core processor clocked at 1.7Ghz with MT 760 GPU the Commodore PET will truly be a powerful device. On the storage side the base model will feature a 2 GB RAM with 16 GB internal memory and if you pay $65 more for the higher model you will be bestowed with 3GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage.



The Commodore PET is based on a custom version of Android Lollipop with two pre-installed retro game emulators- a C64 emulator and Amiga emulator, which would allow you to play old Commodore 64 and Amiga games for those of you who are for Retro gaming to get their share of the bang.
The dual-SIM phone phone packs in a 3,000mAh battery. It also features several custom designs including Daydream.
The new Commodore PET will be available later this week initially in Italy, France, Germany, and Poland with the prospective for availability in other European regions as well as USA.

Key Features

Display - 5.5 inch with a screen resolution protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Processor - 64-bit octa-core processor clocked at 1.7Ghz with MT 760 GPU
OS - Android 5.0
Camera - 13 MP rear with f/2.0 aperture and 8 MP front camera
Battery - 3,000mAh battery
Storage - 2GB or 3GB of RAM with 16 or 32 GB internal storage
SIM - Dual-SIM 4G connectivity

A Retro Android for you
Apart from its nostalgic side the phone seems to be a good mid-range category device with the highlight of the two pre-installed game emulators. For those of us living in areas not mentioned in the release, there is good news that the manufacturers are planing to expand their international market soon. The special emulator versions will be a great news for all the gaming geeks. The manufacturers have however tried to make an impact in the market which is already flooded with high-end Android devices. Let's wait and watch how the blast from the past device is going to perform in the tech world.