The
Trump phone was announced last week with a claim that the device would be made entirely in America, and people were rightly skeptical. Trump Mobile's $500 T1 Phone "is a sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States for customers who expect the best from their mobile carrier," the Trump Organization
said in a press release.
But with electronics supply chain experts
casting doubt on the feasibility of designing and building an American-made phone in a short span of time, Trump Mobile's website doesn't currently promise an American-made phone. The
website says the T1 is "
designed with American values in mind," that it is "
brought to life right here in the USA," and that there are "
American hands behind every device."
The Trump Mobile website
previously said, "Our MADE IN THE USA 'T1 Phone' is available for pre-order now." The phone was initially supposed to be available in August, but the date was changed to September, and now the website simply says it will be available "later this year." (...)
Some experts have
said the Trump phone appears to be a re-skinned version of the REVVL 7 Pro 5G, made by Chinese company Wingtech. The REVVL 7 Pro 5G is sold by T-Mobile for $250, half the price of the Trump phone.
Image: Getty Images/Joe Readle
[ed. Lol. The bullshit/scamming machine continues firing on all cylinders. A+ for creativity. See also:
this.]
