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The Trump Mobile T1 Phone is finally shipping, but it hasn’t exactly been a smooth launch. Not only did the phone take many months longer to ship than originally promised, but the company also leaked customer data in the process.
Even before all this happened, the brand had plenty of red flags around both the T1 Phone and the Trump Mobile service. There’s nothing really special enough about the network or the T1 Phone to make it worth all the obvious risk here. That said, if you’re at all still considering the Trump Mobile T1 Phone, I can easily think of five reasons you probably shouldn’t.
Are you interested in the Trump Phone? 2821 votes Absolutely 5 % Heck no 95 %
Trump Mobile’s marketing has been fairly misleading
The Trump Mobile T1 debuted with the promise of making “mobile service great again”, complete with a cellular plan that offers special perks like roadside assistance and telehealth features. The company also claimed the Trump Mobile T1 Phone would be made in the USA, with a Trump Mobile spokesperson going so far as to say it would be manufactured in Alabama, California, and Florida. Around the same time, it was learned that the entire mobile service was effectively running out of a luxury apartment, at least according to its official address.
Since then, the company has walked all this back, and now its website no longer claims the phone is made in the US. Instead, the site features language like “American Proud design” and “designed with American values in mind”. There are still some hints that the company has future plans for production stateside, but given the logistical hurdles involved, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if these promises amount to nothing.
As if this weren’t concerning enough on its own, the company has been equally vague about the phone’s design and specs. Early on, the T1 Phone was associated with a few different renders based on devices like the Galaxy S25, and the final model that shipped looked significantly different from what was initially shown at the announcement.
Shady terms/conditions and a data leak don’t help
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