After a long period of silence, the Trump T1 phone has resurfaced in a version that feels both familiar and, at the same time, somewhat redesigned. During a Zoom chat, Trump Mobile executives Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas demonstrated the closest thing to a finished device, providing us with the clearest peek yet of what users may actually get their hands on. Those original plans to launch in the summer of 2025, followed by a shot at the end of the year, fell by the wayside; now the business says mid-March for carrier approvals and, presumably, the first wave of shipments to customers who put down a deposit as soon as possible shortly after that.
The gold appears to be just as bright as everyone remembered, and it catches the light in a way that some people described as over the top. The American flag insignia at the lower back panel remains exactly where it was in the early drawings, another small detail that has persisted since the beginning. The Trump Mobile branding, however, is missing from production units, which differs from how it was planned to appear in those early promotional pictures. The triangular camera layout was not everyone’s favorite, so they ended up with a vertical stack of three lenses inside a round black island, with some uneven spacing and the words “Trump Mobile” thrown in for good measure. The overall shape is little larger than expected, with a great smooth curvature to the display.
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The screen is 6.8 inches and is most likely an AMOLED panel with smooth scrolling thanks to a 120Hz refresh rate. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 series processor provides power; nothing showy, but plenty enough to tackle all of your daily duties without breaking a sweat. Storage starts at 512GB, with a microSD slot that accepts a 1TB card for those who can’t get enough photographs, videos, or apps on their phone. The battery capacity is 5,000mAh, which is adequate to get you through a long day of use. The cameras are quite conventional, with 50 megapixel sensors in both the front and rear lenses, as well as an ultrawide and possibly a telephoto lens.
Politics and availability issues aside, this is just a horrendously tacky looking phone. It's easily one of the ugliest consumer electronics devices I've ever seen.
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The phones are assembled in Miami after the parts are trucked in from its manufacturing partners overseas. The corporation eventually abandoned its intentions for entirely domestic production, instead stating that the final touches are completed by American workers. They’ve cleared the FCC obstacle, but they still need T-Mobile to approve the first batch before it can ship.
Pricing appears to have taken a knock as a result of all of the adjustments, as customers who paid a deposit when the phone was first announced can still get in for the $499 introductory rate. New customers, on the other hand, will have to pay a little more; they’re still aiming to come in around $1,000, but that amount is still up in the air for the time being; at this point, you can still put your name down on the website, but they say we’ll have more details shortly.
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