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Is the Trump T1 Just an HTC Phone Painted Gold?

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Why This Matters

The revelation that the Trump T1 phone is nearly identical to the HTC U24 Pro highlights concerns about product originality and branding in the tech industry. This case underscores the importance of transparency and authenticity for consumers, especially when high-profile figures are involved. It also raises questions about intellectual property and manufacturing practices in the smartphone market.

Key Takeaways

The Trump phone has been making headlines again over the past week, after iFixit tore it down and found it was nearly identical to the HTC U24 Pro, a Taiwanese phone released in mid-2024. I reviewed the T1 phone last month, and while it worked fine as a middle-of-the-road phone, we do have some relevant insights here.

iFixit's findings match up with CNET's benchmark testing, first of all, which also suggested a very close matchup with the HTC phone:

Geekbench v.6.0 T1 Trump Mobile Phone 1,195 3,443 HTC U24 Pro 5G 1,141 3,213 Single-core

Multicore Note: Longer bars indicate better performance

The Trump phone's Geekbench results put it on par with the HTC U24 Pro 5G and also show that it has an eight-core processor, which could be the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 released in November 2023 -- Trump Mobile doesn't specify.

The specs of the Trump phone that we know also mirror the HTC phone. According to the Trump Mobile website, the T1 phone has these specs:

6.78-inch AMOLED screen

50-megapixel wide-angle camera

8-megapixel ultrawide camera

50-megapixel 2x telephoto camera

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