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Trump Mobile Starts Shipping $499 T1 Phone After Long Delays

The move highlights a shift from an early '100% made in USA' promise to limited U.S. assembly.

Overview

  • Trump Mobile said it began sending T1 units to people who preordered, with the first phones assembled in the United States.
  • The gold-colored Android device costs $499 and lists a 6.78-inch 120Hz AMOLED screen, a Snapdragon 7 chip, a 5,000 mAh battery, and 512GB of storage.
  • The rollout follows multiple postponements from an initial August 2025 target to October and then to this spring.
  • The company dropped its full U.S.-made pledge and now says future models will use mostly domestic parts, a claim that has not been independently verified.
  • Customers paid $100 to reserve a unit, and press reports noted fine print saying the deposit only offered a conditional chance to buy.