{"id":16712,"date":"2026-01-12T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=16712"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:34:53","slug":"trump-mobiles-golden-phone-remains-nowhere-to-be-found-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=16712","title":{"rendered":"Trump Mobile&#8217;s golden phone remains nowhere to be found : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-104869\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3593;--source-height: 2395\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>                Eric Trump and Lara Trump arrive before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for a New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>   A golden phone that President Donald Trump&#8217;s family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a glut of new gadgets at CES in Las Vegas this week.<\/p>\n<p>   When the Trump Organization launched a mobile phone service last June, it was supposed to be a stage setter for a new smartphone bathed in gold with a $500 price tag \u2014 a bargain compared to Apple&#8217;s latest iPhone models that sell for anywhere from $800 to $1,200. The newly formed Trump Mobile targeted its T1 phone for an August or September release.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>   What&#8217;s more, Trump Mobile initially hailed T1 as a device that would be &#8220;proudly designed and built in the United States for customers who expect the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But both the T1&#8217;s shipping date and U.S. manufacturing ambitions gradually began to shift, even as Trump Mobile continues to accept $100 deposits for the device.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after announcing the device, Trump Mobile pivoted from describing it as phone that would be made in the U.S. to framing it as a device that would be &#8220;proudly American.&#8221; Trump Mobile&#8217;s website now touts the T1 as having an &#8220;American-proud&#8221; design, with no further explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts believed that the shift stemmed from a recognition that the U.S. lacked the supply chain and other logistics required to make a smartphone for less than $1,000 \u2014 the same hurdles that made it implausible for Apple to acquiesce to President Trump&#8217;s demands that the company move its iPhone manufacturing from China and India.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the summer, Trump Mobile also became more vague about when the T1 would become available, but still indicated it would be delivered to customers who paid the $100 deposit by the end of 2025. Trump Mobile&#8217;s website continues to list the T1&#8217;s targeted release date as &#8220;later this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Trump Organization didn&#8217;t respond to inquiries from The Associated Press about the delays or when the device is now expected to be shipped. The Financial Times recently reported that it was told by a customer representative for Trump Mobile that the phone will be shipped in late January and attributed its delayed release to the 43-day shutdown of the federal government last year.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason, the T1&#8217;s ongoing absence from the smartphone market didn&#8217;t come as a surprise to International Data Corp. analyst Francisco Jeronimo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have always been quite skeptical about this phone,&#8221; Jeronimo said. &#8220;They are probably finding that it is harder to build a phone than they thought it would be. Let&#8217;s see if this thing comes to life or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the T1 has remained in a holding pattern, Trump Mobile has been selling its wireless service for $47.45 per month \u2014 a price tied to Donald Trump&#8217;s titles as the 47th and 45th President. For customers looking for a smartphone that they can use sooner rather than later, Trump Mobile is also selling refurbished versions of older iPhones and Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy models at prices ranging from $370 to $630.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe they changed their strategy and figured out they are better off just selling refurbished phones,&#8221; Jeronimo said.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/07\/nx-s1-5668996\/trump-mobile-golden-phone\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Trump and Lara Trump arrive before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for a New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. 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