Trump’s phone was not present at the world’s largest mobile phone exhibition

The technology industry took Barcelona by storm this week Mobile World Congress He went down to the Spanish city. The world’s largest mobile phone expo, MWC featured product launches from Xiaomi and Honor, massive booths from Samsung and Motorola, and appearances from major carriers including T-Mobile and AT&T. Do you know who was missing? Trump Mobile.

After the Trump-themed network She missed her chance to appear at CESthe largest tech trade show in the United States, thought it might be saving itself for an appearance at MWC. After all, while CES includes everything from smart homes to hypercars, MWC has always been more focused on mobile phones and carriers. It’s exactly where a carrier that makes its own phone might want to appear to build its reputation, perhaps show off a phone or two, and foster the kind of relationships with international partners like Trump Mobile executives. He told me before They were working on.

But after a few days of sitting in on MWC press conferences and wandering its exhibit halls, I saw no sign of a Trump Mobile. The company is not listed as an exhibitor or vendor in the official directory of the show, nor is it It is closely related to Liberty Mobile. I kept a close watch, but I noticed no sign of the three network executives also dealing with the audience.

In fairness, MWC remains primarily a European show, but it’s certainly not exclusively so. Honor dedicated most of its suite to Automated phone promotionwhich intends to launch in China only, while all three major US airlines have booths at the show. Besides, shouldn’t the all-American Trump Mobile enjoy the excuse to wave a little flags on foreign soil?

The timing was perhaps perfect for the Trump Mobile MWC event, given the company’s claims that it is gearing up for it T1 phone officially relaunched In the coming weeks, it hopes to ship the first devices to buyers as early as this month — several months ahead of schedule Original August releaseDuring this period, the company did not issue any official updates at all. With no further evidence of that at MWC, the grand return of Trump’s phone remains entirely hypothetical for at least a little while longer.

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