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No, it's not exciting, or even vaguely relevant, even. It is just another low end Android phone with a decal or screened logo on it. But...In a hobby where a lot of people would buy a used roll of bathroom tissue in the name of "supporting Commodore" if it had the Boingball printed on it, it is pretty important to mention potential cash-grabs, esp. when it involves legal issues in regards to licensing. We've had "noble companies" grave robbing the marque for years now, so this isn't anything we haven't seen before. That hasn't kept people from opening their wallets for overpriced, underpowered and questionably licensed stuff before, though.It's a cheap Android phone - available for a hundred bucks on Alibaba. With a C= logo on it that apparently the sellers never bothered properly licensing.There was a fair number of people here even on A.org willing to throw $400 at this phone in some vain attempt at retro chicness, or otherwise honoring the memory of a once great company, or simply reliving some of their youth spent with the real C= machines. Whatever the reason, it's pretty important to know that this is just another scam cash grab.It's a free market. If overpaying for a low end phone to a company that seemingly never did the proper legalwork in regards to trademark licensing gets you off, buy the phone. I'd honestly be curious to see how happy people are with it, because the hardware itself under the "real" name (Orgtec WaPhone) gets paltry reviews at best. I doubt a screened on Chickenlips logs will change that much Me, I'll stick with my new LG G4. My boingball wallpaper and Amiga emulators give me all the Amiga "fix" I need on it, and such things didn't cost me a thin dime past what I paid for the phone ($200 on 2 yr contract, $45 a month contract costs, unlimited text/voice, 10 GB data).
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