Our lengthy nationwide nightmare is sort of over. The Trump cellphone is allegedly delivery this week, the corporate claims. This has been quite the saga, as these gold-hued smartphones have been supposed to achieve prospects all the best way again in August (after which October.) It is now almost a yr after the unique announcement, leading many fans of the president to cry foul over the prospect of getting their pockets picked — particularly because the firm quietly rewrote its phrases to state there was no guarantee the cellphone would ever be launched.
600,000 individuals received the Trump cellphone. Scratch that. 600,000 individuals ordered the Trump cellphone, put $100 deposit down on it, and by no means received it. So the place’s the $60 million Donnie?
— MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) April 29, 2026
It has been reported that almost 600,000 individuals forked over $100 as a deposit for the cellphone, to the tune of virtually $60 million. Why did it take so lengthy to push what appears to be a middling Android cellphone out the door? A spokesperson for Trump Cell, a service based by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, did not get into the why of all of it however did say that the “delays have been price it in our minds as we’re delivering a tremendous product.”
So what is that this wonderful product? The T1 is a gold Android cellphone with average specs that prices anyplace from $500 to $1,000. It reportedly has a Snapdragon chip of some type, a 50MP predominant digicam and a 5000 mAh battery. The digicam and battery appear respectable, however these specs have been sourced from Trump Cell.
The cellphone was introduced as being made within the USA however that was rapidly reversed as soon as the corporate received its palms on a few of that deposit cash. Trump Cell now says the telephones have been “designed with American values in thoughts.” Once more, this can be a decidedly common Android cellphone with no actual distinctive parts. The primary gold iPhone, the 5s, came out all the way back in 2013.
Trump Cell is not simply promoting Android telephones at a markup. It sells protection plans. The 5G plan prices $47.45 monthly, which is a nod to President Trump’s two phrases in workplace. The corporate sells quite a lot of used Samsung and Apple devices, additionally at quite giant markups. It is promoting a refurbished iPhone 15 with 128GB of storage for $630. The typical value for this precise mannequin through different retailers sits at round $300 to $350.
In any occasion, the corporate says all preordered T1 telephones might be delivered throughout the “next several weeks.” Eric Trump once promised that Trump Cell was “going to alter the sport” and that the cellphone “will ship the best ranges of high quality.” I assume it will not be lengthy earlier than we discover out if the sport has certainly modified.
