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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,207 posts)
Tue May 12, 2026, 03:57 PM Yesterday

Over a year ago 590K Americans put down $100 deposits on Trump's $499 gold phone and not a single one has shipped

Are you one of the 590,000 people who paid a $100 deposit for Donald Trump's T1 phone? If so, you may be curious to know when you'll actually get your $499 smartphone. According to new reports, the answer may be "never," since the phones haven't been put into production a year after Trump's family began collecting payments for the devices.

Now, an update to the phone's terms and conditions has some people worried they'll never even get a chance to buy one. Keep reading to learn more about what is going on with Trump's T1 phone.

Trump's Mobile Phone Has Not Shipped

A MoneyWise report says that Trump's "Made in the USA" phone has not yet gone into production. More than half a million people put down $100 deposits for the phone, which was announced Jun. 16, 2025. However, nobody has reported receiving the phone, and Trump Mobile's $ 47.45-a-month plan still says you need to bring your own phone to enroll.

The original delivery date was scheduled for the end of summer 2025, shortly after the company began accepting deposits. Then, the phone's delivery date was pushed back three times—including in November and December 2025, and again in March 2026—until MoneyWise says the website where the delivery dates were shared took down the information.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/over-a-year-ago-590k-americans-put-down-100-deposits-on-trump-s-499-gold-phone-and-not-a-single-one-has-shipped/ar-AA22WAGg

There's a sucker born every minute. MAGA is full of them.

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Over a year ago 590K Americans put down $100 deposits on Trump's $499 gold phone and not a single one has shipped (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
Our education system has failed this nation - it becomes more obvious every day. walkingman Yesterday #1
It's WHY Trump says he loves the poorly educated. B.See Yesterday #11
This is fraud. johnnyfins Yesterday #2
590K idiots. bif Yesterday #3
Anybody remember the Trump Video Phone?? Attilatheblond Yesterday #4
Trump is the Pied Piper of. "Suckers and Losers". oasis 14 hrs ago #20
Are you one of the 590,000 people who paid a $100 deposit for Donald Trump's T1 phone? hatrack Yesterday #5
The really amazing part is... jmowreader Yesterday #6
$59 million - not bad. But peanuts compared to what he's stealing from the taxpayers. Jim__ Yesterday #7
Obviously the buyers did not go to Trump University. Sneederbunk Yesterday #8
You forgot to add this... Abolishinist 22 hrs ago #19
So much criming to do! purr-rat beauty Yesterday #9
Always conning people. You would think people would WAKE THE FUCK UP! Emile Yesterday #10
I've become convinced that magas B.See Yesterday #12
And, if you want to know something scary---- DFW Yesterday #13
LOL, that is so true! Emile Yesterday #14
Rumors were spread that deposits would not be refunded but that seems to be untrue Norrrm Yesterday #15
I think this is hilarious GenThePerservering Yesterday #16
Horrors! Does that mean the current POTUS could possibly be a... allegorical oracle Yesterday #17
A half a million requests for this stupid ass phone??? You have got to be kidding me. a kennedy 22 hrs ago #18
If this were 15 years ago, Johnny2X2X 12 hrs ago #21
Nope. He pulled an even worse pyramid scam back in 2008 and most people never heard about it. Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #23
SUCKERS spanone 12 hrs ago #22

B.See

(8,795 posts)
11. It's WHY Trump says he loves the poorly educated.
Tue May 12, 2026, 06:55 PM
Yesterday

More likely to fall victim to his BULLSHIT.

Attilatheblond

(9,193 posts)
4. Anybody remember the Trump Video Phone??
Tue May 12, 2026, 04:15 PM
Yesterday

It was 'coming out' about the time smart phones hit the market. He did promo videos and encourage 'house parties' for people to show his sales pitch to family and friends to invest in this 'fabulous opportunity' to be a part of the new technology back in 2008.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-deposed-in-fraud-suit-involving-doomed-video-phone-report-2022-10?op=1]



Donald Trump was recently deposed for a class action lawsuit that claims he misled investors into financially backing a multi-level marketing company that once sold a failed "videophone."

...

It claims that from 2005 to at least 2015, the Trump family and the company received "millions of dollars in secret payments to promote and endorse" ACN, a multi-level marketing company that specializes in telecommunications.

In exchange for the payments, Trump gave glowing endorsements for the company, the lawsuit alleged.
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One of the flagship products ACN began to sell in 2008 and which Trump endorsed to convince the financial viability of the company was a "videophone." The lawsuit claims that the product was "essentially a desktop, wired telephone with a video screen and webcam in addition to the usual handset and keypad." It also required an internet connection and was only compatible with other ACN phones and subscriptions.

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The videophone was quickly made obsolete by smartphones with video chat capabilities. Skype introduced video calling in 2006, and Apple would popularize video chat by installing a front-facing camera in its iPhone by 2010.



I know someone who hounded co-workers to come to her house party. I know who walked out as soon as Trump was mentioned. The hostess cashed in her 401K, paid the taxes on that mental error, and put a mortgage on her paid off home, just a few short years before she was planning to retire. There's some sound financial planning for you by a woman who held a responsible job that required decent thinking in the financial sector.

The 'Stable Genius' does know the rubes are with us always, I'll give him that. And the rubes have a VERY short attention span, obviously obscured by their hero worship and their own stupid greed.

hatrack

(65,109 posts)
5. Are you one of the 590,000 people who paid a $100 deposit for Donald Trump's T1 phone?
Tue May 12, 2026, 04:20 PM
Yesterday

If so, you're a fucking dumbass.

jmowreader

(53,371 posts)
6. The really amazing part is...
Tue May 12, 2026, 04:37 PM
Yesterday

It is not all that hard to buy a shitload of the cheapest cell phones you can possibly find, order a batch of gold-plated cell phone cases - I checked Amazon, you can buy one of them for $15 so "quantity one shitload" should be a lot less expensive per piece - hire some MAGAts to snap the phones into the cases, and claim that because the "final assembly" was done in the US (you know, the part where they snap the cheap phone into the cheap case) they are "made in the USA."

B.See

(8,795 posts)
12. I've become convinced that magas
Tue May 12, 2026, 07:00 PM
Yesterday

LOVE being rear-ended by him. "F(ool) me some more! PUHLEEEEEZE!"

DFW

(60,416 posts)
13. And, if you want to know something scary----
Tue May 12, 2026, 07:04 PM
Yesterday

If they did it again, I'll bet 589,999 of those same 590,000 people would send $100 for the platinum version, which they will also never get.

GenThePerservering

(3,664 posts)
16. I think this is hilarious
Tue May 12, 2026, 08:35 PM
Yesterday

but there are mixed reports about refunds - apparently a lot of documentation and hoops to jump through, which I suspect will be beyond the reach of the usual MAGA Moran.

a kennedy

(36,309 posts)
18. A half a million requests for this stupid ass phone??? You have got to be kidding me.
Tue May 12, 2026, 10:14 PM
22 hrs ago

Oh right, MAGA’s really are that stupid.

Johnny2X2X

(24,414 posts)
21. If this were 15 years ago,
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:49 AM
12 hrs ago

If this were 15 years ago, this would be one of the largest scandals in US president history and a Special Prosecutor would be holding hearings in Congress.

Attilatheblond

(9,193 posts)
23. Nope. He pulled an even worse pyramid scam back in 2008 and most people never heard about it.
Wed May 13, 2026, 02:00 PM
7 hrs ago

Read my reply to this up thread about the Trump Video Phone pyramid scamming investors. I do not recall any trial on that sucker play on fools with some dollars.

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