{"id":661247,"date":"2026-10-30T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/661247\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T03:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:00:21","slug":"trump-phone-passes-the-bend-test-fails-the-originality-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/661247\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Phone passes the bend test, fails the originality test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_qj\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"T1 Trum Mobile Trump Phone (3 of 3)\"  alt=\"T1 Trum Mobile Trump Phone (3 of 3)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/T1-Trum-Mobile-Trump-Phone-3-of-3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>C. Scott Brown \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Add Android Authority on Google: <\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>JerryRigEverything puts the Trump Mobile T1 through scratch, bend, and teardown tests, with the phone surviving the physical punishment.<br \/>\nThe teardown reveals internals identical to the two-year-old HTC U24 Pro, reinforcing earlier findings from an iFixit investigation.<br \/>\nSwapping the motherboards between the two phones leaves both fully functional, further proving their shared hardware origins.<\/p>\n<p>Buying a phone is one thing. Watching someone scratch, bend, and rip it apart is an entirely different kind of satisfaction. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/trump-mobile-t1-phone-dont-buy-reasons-3670777\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Mobile T1 Phone<\/a> has finally received that treatment from JerryRigEverything, and while it holds up surprisingly well against physical abuse, its insides tell a far less flattering story.<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Zack Nelson put the gold-colored handset through his usual durability tests, starting with the display, which scratches at level six on the Mohs hardness scale, with deeper grooves appearing at level seven. That\u2019s fairly standard for a modern smartphone. The metal frame also checks out, and despite attempts to bend the device from both directions, the T1 Phone survives without snapping or suffering an obvious structural failure.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Tr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793329220_97_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So far, so good. Unfortunately, surviving a bend test doesn\u2019t make a phone original.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/trump-phone-teardown-3676756\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">already seen iFixit expose the T1<\/a> as a lightly modified HTC U24 Pro released in 2024. But this teardown delivers another damning demonstration, placing both phones side by side and revealing practically identical internals.<\/p>\n<p>The screws, motherboard layout, battery placement, and even the model number printed on the daughterboard match. Outside, the T1 shares the HTC\u2019s dimensions, button placement, headphone jack, and microSD slot. Its most noticeable changes are a gold-colored plastic back and redesigned camera housing.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_qj\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Trump Phone vs HTC U24 Pro side by side model number\"  alt=\"Trump Phone vs HTC U24 Pro side by side model number\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Trump-Phone-vs-HTC-U24-Pro-side-by-side-model-number.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The teardown goes a step further than iFixit\u2019s earlier one-way motherboard transplant. He swaps the motherboards between both phones, and both boot successfully in each other\u2019s bodies. It\u2019s hard to imagine a more convincing demonstration of just how closely related these devices are.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one more interesting discovery. Although this T1 unit was previously submerged in water, its internal liquid damage indicators remain white, suggesting water didn\u2019t reach those spots. That\u2019s a testament to the phone\u2019s water protection features.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Phone deserves credit for surviving JerryRigEverything\u2019s punishment. But after watching its motherboard work perfectly inside a two-year-old HTC, it\u2019s worth asking: What exactly are buyers getting here that HTC hadn\u2019t already built?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C. 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