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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump phone is here. Critics say it's junk
Salon
Garrett Owen
Thu, May 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT
... the phones release faced delays, with the launch date originally set for August 2025. It was pushed back to October but failed to be released a second time.
Last week, the Trump familys mobile phone company announced in a social media post that the phones would be shipping this week to customers who preordered the device. Reportedly, some 590,000 customers placed $100 preorders for the device, creating a collective $59 million in deposits.
Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week, Trump Mobile CEO Pat OBrien said in a statement to Reuters last Wednesday. At the time, there was no indication from the company nor from customers that the devices had been delivered. When asked for clarification on shipping and deliveries, neither Trump Mobile nor the Trump Organization responded to Salons request for comment ...
The T1 appears to be a slightly modified, Chinese-manufactured Android device called the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G that was briefly recalled after its launch 2024 due to quality control and regulatory issues ...
https://tech.yahoo.com/phones/articles/trump-phone-critics-junk-103004613.html
struggle4progress
(126,702 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,723 posts)I think there were samples sent to journalists and bloggers to spread the word the phones have shipped to customers.
Like everything
.it is a lie.
struggle4progress
(126,702 posts)gab13by13
(32,810 posts)Krasnov's bargain phone is $499.
How stupid are Magats to buy something from Krasnov sight unseen. Krasnov should have sent them 2 soup cans and a piece of string, just put American flags on the cans.
William Seger
(12,538 posts)dalton99a
(95,443 posts)SergeStorms
(20,840 posts)Trump phones are gold in color and have a big "T" on them. That's worth the extra money right there!
mwmisses4289
(4,751 posts)Tben
(7 posts)it's only got 11 stripes
GreenWave
(12,817 posts)Ten, eleven, eleventy-two, etc.
karynnj
(61,110 posts)Then add MAGA sticker or a t sticker. Much cheaper and you have a working phone.
SergeStorms
(20,840 posts)But the cult are addicted to official DJT signature merchandise. An actual MAGAt would expose that charade in a second!
IronLionZion
(51,576 posts)That question yields surprising new answers every day and may be limitless
Blumancru
(316 posts)But apparently you CAN sell it overpriced cell phones.
Emile
(43,317 posts)BH liberal
(173 posts)As the Trumpkins were delaying and delaying the delivery of these junk phones...stringing along their foolish customers...think of all the interest the bastids were making on those deposits.
niyad
(134,088 posts)Response to BH liberal (Reply #6)
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Emile
(43,317 posts)
Goonch
(5,626 posts)
riversedge
(81,603 posts)Celerity
(54,937 posts)OGBuzz
(669 posts)well have "sucker" tattooed on your forehead.
rubbersole
(11,282 posts)At his brother's wedding.
MIButterfly
(3,166 posts)Looks like 590,000 fools. Why anybody would pay good money for anything associated with that grifter boggles my little mind.
Unbelievable.
And now that I think of it, how is he getting away with selling phones, watches, shoes, Bibles, etc., when you're not supposed to profit from the presidency? They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm. Oh yeah, I forgot, DJT gets away with EVERYTHING.
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Sneederbunk
(17,657 posts)aeromanKC
(3,966 posts)Idiocracy.
lame54
(40,153 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,334 posts)trump does not know or care about the American flag
The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes. How many original colonies were there?
— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T17:19:07.497Z
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