Trump Mobile, the phone company launched by Donald Trump’s family business, has pushed back plans to deliver a $499 gold-coloured smartphone by the end of the year.

The T1 smartphone, described by the company as “proudly American”, was initially promoted as a US-made rival to devices from Apple and Samsung. Almost all smartphones sold in the US are made overseas, primarily in China and South Korea but also increasingly in India and Vietnam.

It remains unclear who could manufacture the T1 handset, given the low levels of domestic smartphone production in the US.

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[–] 97 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

The company has also recently started selling secondhand smartphones from Apple and Samsung on its website, which it states come “without the inflated price tag”.

However, a refurbished iPhone 15, which was launched in September 2023, costs $629 (£467) through Trump Mobile, whereas customers can buy a newer model, an iPhone 16 from 2024, directly from Apple for $699.

The grift is so real

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  • [–] 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I struggle not to blame the victims. It’s extremely well-documented that he’s a con artist and grifter. When doing business with such a person, should we not expect to get scammed?

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  • [–] 79 points 10 months ago

    it was never intended to ship, only receive prepayments.

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Let’s face it, we’ve all had that thought that if we abandoned our morals or internal sense of justice we could make so much fucking money.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I'm remembering that $999 app for the iPhone that had no purpose other than to show others you could afford it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

    It was removed almost immediately, but even in that short time, six people bought it.

    When I wonder just who in the fuck would fall for one of Donvict's many ridiculous grifts, I remember this.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The complaint outlined on that wiki is funny. 

    "I clicked buy thinking it was a joke". 

     Salesmen must absolutely love them.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    The weirdest part is people who think that disregarding or not having any code of ethics in order to make money are super smart or better people. I've genuinely run into people like this, who think they're grinding and being really clever, and people who aren't just haven't thought about what they're doing or couldn't pull it off and are inferior and don't deserve wellness in society.

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    [–] 24 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Do you think you will be able to uninstall the Burger King app from Trump phones?

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  • [+] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    Doesn’t it seems a little preemptive to call this a “smart” phone?

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Bet they'll issue refunds to the suckers who bought, right? RIGHHHHTTT????

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    WHAT! You mean I have to wait even longer to not buy it?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    LOL. I was so looking forward to see who might be carrying these around....

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Powered by T-Mobile

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    The Hogfather is grifting the same people who send their Social Security check to Joel Oafsteen and Kenneth Crapland.

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    Who in the entire fuck is going to buy those?

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  • [+] -16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Whatever you think about Trump this is a genius marketing idea.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Grifting vulnerable people is not "genius", it's just immoral. Most of us won't do it because it's wrong and hurts others. I'm sick of pretending it's because we don't have brilliant galaxy-brains...

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