The Trump cell phone has finally arrived - but is no longer 'Made in the USA' and the American flag design is missing tw
Source: Independent
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After a nine-month delay, the Trump Mobile T1 smartphone was sent out this week to pre-order customers and some members of the media. There was just a slight problem.
The gold-plated $499 phone is no longer marketed as Made in the USA, and the American flag design on the back of the handset appears to have 11 stripes instead of 13.
The Android-operated device was first promoted as Made in the USA in June 2025, CNN and NBC News noted. But Trump Mobile has since changed the language on its website to designed with American values in mind.
Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien told USA Today that the phones were assembled in the U.S. and that models will use components primarily manufactured in America. Tech experts told NBC News that the phone appears to resemble an HTC U-24 Pro, which is made in Taiwan.
Read more: https://tech.yahoo.com/phones/articles/the-trump-cell-phone-has-finally-arrived---but-is-no-longer-made-in-the-usa-and-the-american-flag-design-is-missing-two-stripes-141732757.html
No way is it made here and it's probably not real gold.
BidenRocks
(3,496 posts)Bust his ass for fraud!
twodogsbarking
(19,341 posts)chouchou
(3,307 posts)Probably made in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia selling for 125 Tugrik....(77.95 dollars USA without Trumps name)
BidenRocks
(3,496 posts)progressoid
(53,379 posts)
Aussie105
(8,180 posts)America doesn't have the expertise or manufacturing capability to make cell phones.
Those were outsourced to various places in Asia decades ago.
Some people are slow in catching up.
oasis
(53,985 posts)Javaman
(65,979 posts)Bengus81
(10,370 posts)to your Fuhrer. Betting a load of them just cancel that POS.
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