The Trump phone is here. Critics say it's junk

[struggle4progress]

Salon
Garrett Owen
Thu, May 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT

... the phone’s release faced delays, with the launch date originally set for August 2025. It was pushed back to October but failed to be released a second time.

Last week, the Trump family’s mobile phone company announced in a social media post that the phones would be “shipping this week” to customers who preordered the device. Reportedly, some 590,000 customers placed $100 preorders for the device, creating a collective $59 million in deposits.

“Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week,” Trump Mobile ​CEO Pat O’Brien said in a statement to Reuters last Wednesday. At the time, there was no indication from the company nor from customers that the devices had been delivered. When asked for clarification on shipping and deliveries, neither Trump Mobile nor the Trump Organization responded to Salon’s request for comment ...

The T1 appears to be a slightly modified, Chinese-manufactured Android device called the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G that was briefly recalled after its launch 2024 due to quality control and regulatory issues ...

https://tech.yahoo.com/phones/articles/trump-phone-critics-junk-103004613.html

[struggle4progress]

1. ... there are no signs that a single T1 Phone has shipped ...

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/936018/trump-mobile-t1-phone-still-hasnt-shipped

[Roy Rolling]

12. The "shipped" phones

I think there were samples sent to journalists and bloggers to spread the word “the phones have shipped to customers”.

Like everything….it is a lie.

[struggle4progress]

2. ... rump Mobile confirms it exposed customers' personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses ...

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/trump-mobile-confirms-it-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses/

[gab13by13]

3. A similar phone sells for $179 at Walmart

Krasnov's bargain phone is $499.

How stupid are Magats to buy something from Krasnov sight unseen. Krasnov should have sent them 2 soup cans and a piece of string, just put American flags on the cans.

[William Seger]

5. $126.99 on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/T-Mobile-Revvl-Unlocked-Smartphone-Azurite/dp/B0DRLMLMVX

[dalton99a]

25. +1

[SergeStorms]

9. Yeah, but......

Trump phones are gold in color and have a big "T" on them. That's worth the extra money right there!

[mwmisses4289]

17. Don't forget the American flag on the back!

[Tben]

24. "american" flag

it's only got 11 stripes

[GreenWave]

27. It's hard for them to count when they run out of fingers.

Ten, eleven, eleventy-two, etc.

[karynnj]

21. Couldn't you just put the phone you have in a gold case?

Then add MAGA sticker or a t sticker. Much cheaper and you have a working phone.

[SergeStorms]

28. Of course they could.

But the cult are addicted to official DJT signature merchandise. An actual MAGAt would expose that charade in a second!

[IronLionZion]

15. "How stupid are Magats?"

That question yields surprising new answers every day and may be limitless

[Blumancru]

18. You can't cure stupid

But apparently you CAN sell it overpriced cell phones.

[Emile]

4. Tin can with string.

[BH liberal]

6. Speaking of string...

As the Trumpkins were delaying and delaying the delivery of these junk phones...stringing along their foolish customers...think of all the interest the bastids were making on those deposits.

[niyad]

13. A most excellent point.

[Emile]

22. Found a picture of his new phone he's conning off.

[Goonch]

7. ;-{) LEGACY MODEL

[riversedge]

10. ha ha. Of course it is Trumpy gold colored!!

[Celerity]

8. The Trump Phone is exactly the bad deal you expected We called it "hard to recommend" two years ago

https://www.techadvisor.com/article/3144140/trump-phone-t1-is-basically-the-two-year-old-htc-u24-pro.html

[OGBuzz]

11. And who's gonna wanna pull out one of these beauties in public after all this? Might as...

well have "sucker" tattooed on your forehead.

[rubbersole]

16. Eric.

At his brother's wedding.

[MIButterfly]

19. It's true: a fool and his money are soon parted

Looks like 590,000 fools. Why anybody would pay good money for anything associated with that grifter boggles my little mind.

Unbelievable.

And now that I think of it, how is he getting away with selling phones, watches, shoes, Bibles, etc., when you're not supposed to profit from the presidency? They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm. Oh yeah, I forgot, DJT gets away with EVERYTHING.

[Sneederbunk]

23. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

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[aeromanKC]

26. Who would pay $500 for a refirbished 2024 model in 2026?

Idiocracy.

[lame54]

29. Dumpster diving to fill the orders

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes

trump does not know or care about the American flag

The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes. How many original colonies were there?

— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T17:19:07.497Z

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