What happened to Trump’s $500 gold phone?

After months of planning the Trump Mobile Organization To launch a $500 gold device that was supposedly manufactured in the United States T1 phone Still not available. Reports indicate that the wait will continue.

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At the end of last year, a customer support representative for Trump Mobile He reportedly said that we shouldn’t expect the phone to be released in December, and that the US government shutdown delayed the phone’s delivery. That depends Financial Times report. A Trump Mobile representative did not respond to a request for comment.

As of January 22nd, it has become… Phone web page It still lists that it will be released “later this year” — the same thing it said last year.

The saga began when Trump Mobile It launched in June with a $47.45-per-month mobile planclaiming that it would be fired Smartphone Made in the United States by August 2025. When presented with compelling evidence that manufacturing a smartphone entirely in the United States on a large scale is virtually impossible, Trump Mobile He retracted those allegations.

currently, Trump Mobile She’s still accepting a $100 deposit for the T1, which she calls “proudly American,” with features including a 6.25-inch AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, 256GB of storage with an expansion card slot and a 50-megapixel camera.

Trump Mobile now offers it too Refurbished competing phones From Apple and Samsung, including $629 iPhone 15 And $459 Samsung Galaxy S24.