UK tech brand Acorn taps nostalgia to sell a rebranded phone
Acorn, the British computer company that dominated the market in the late '70s has been revived, once again. This time out, the outfit is pushing its own smartphone, the Acorn Micro Phone C5, which appears to be a rebadged Leagoo S8. Should you want that device, albeit with the Acorn logo and a little union flag symbol on the base, then you can throw some cash at Indiegogo . Backers will need to spend between £90 ($125) and £150 ($210) to snag the handset, assuming the company hits its target of £450,000 ($628,456). The handset itself looks an awful lot like the Leagoo S8 you can pick up on AliExpress now for around $140 . It's packing an octa-core MediaTek MT7650T paired with 3GB RAM, 32GB storage and four cameras -- two up front, and two 'round back. Nestled beneath the primary lenses is a fingerprint scanner, while up front is a 5.72-inch 1,440 x 720 18:9 display. In order to differentiate itself from other OEM handsets, the C5 comes with some retro software touches, ...