David Bridges
Highlights
- Smartphone Status: The promised T1 smartphone from Trump Mobile remains nonexistent as of now.
- Manufacturing Claims: Initial assertions about the T1 being made in the USA have proven to be misleading.
- Promotional Images: Promotional materials feature edited images of various smartphones, misleading consumers.
- Brand Confusion: The advertisements include images of devices not associated with Trump Mobile, such as the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Since June, Trump Mobile has committed to an increasingly surreal smoke-and-mirrors approach to its promised T1 smartphone. Despite the initial claims that the phone would be made in the United States, it seems that those assertions were not accurate. The “Made in USA” claims were later removed from the Trump Mobile website. spotted the latest bizarre wrinkle to this story, which is that the actual phone still does not exist.
The publication noticed that promotional images for T1 all show different smartphones that appear to be tweaked in a photo editor to look gold. While the website shows a badly edited image of what appears to be a Revvl 7 Pro 5G phone, an Instagram ad seems to depict an iPhone 16 Pro Max, again with the company’s branding overlaid. A third confusing image edit was on X earlier this week:
That photo shows a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra equipped with a case made by Spigen. The South Korean accessory company’s logo can be seen behind the render of an American flag. Spigen’s response sums our reaction up pretty succinctly: “??? bro what.”
Daniel Mercer
