{"id":440360,"date":"2026-05-22T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440360\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:41:09","slug":"trump-mobile-phone-review-my-long-weekend-with-the-golden-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440360\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Mobile Phone Review: My Long Weekend With The Golden T1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The Patrick Holland\/CNET<\/p>\n

Almost a year since its announcement, and nine months after its planned launch,\u00a0the Trump phone<\/a> has finally arrived — albeit looking different to the one originally unveiled.<\/p>\n

The Trump phone<\/a>, officially known as the Trump Mobile T1, arrived with us this week. CNET placed a preorder back with a $100 deposit back in June 2025, and it’s worth noting that Trump Mobile expedited our shipment so that we could review the T1. (It’s typical for a phone company to set aside review units for journalists, but Trump Mobile did not do this.)<\/p>\n

Trump Mobile launched in June 2025 with a\u00a0$47.45-a-month mobile phone plan<\/a>, and announced that the T1 would be made in the US and launch in August 2025. But when it became obvious that domestic large-scale smartphone manufacturing would not be possible, Trump Mobile dropped the\u00a0“made in the US” claim<\/a>, and delayed the launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, a redesigned\u00a0Trump Mobile website<\/a>\u00a0finally showcased a\u00a0new-looking T1 phone<\/a>, its\u00a0third redesign<\/a>. It followed Trump Mobile executives showing off a handset they said was a near-production version of the\u00a0T1 phone to The Verge<\/a>\u00a0in early February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Android phone<\/a> was delayed due to production issues, the company said last week, when it confirmed the handset would begin shipping to customers.<\/p>\n

“The technology business is more difficult than some may realize, as parts must be tested for quality assurances,” Trump Mobile CEO Pat O’Brien said in a statement to CNET last week. “We have experienced delays during a variety of steps in getting the T1 to completion, but those delays were worth it in our minds as we are delivering an amazing product.”<\/p>\n

This long weekend, I’ll be testing the phone in a real-world environment, using it as my main phone during the Memorial Day long weekend. I’ll live blog my experiences as I go, updating with any anecdotes or tests I run.<\/p>\n

The T1 Trump Phone Is the Same Color as Scrooge McDuck’s Gold Coins
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