Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro

They do, just don't release phones in the States anymore. It's a shame because I really liked their phones.

I didn't know the phones were real

They don't really, they pay ODM to design the phones. Trumps probably paid ODM to reuse the design.

They were my favorite when they were big. RIP

My Taiwanese friend pushed these so hard, but at the time, isn't ready to jump ship to Android quite yet. I ended up getting an Xperia for my first android because nothing looked interesting enough from HTC. I kept waiting for that "one," but they just said fuck it we're not making shit anymore. They also tried to jump onto the crypto bandwagon with a built-in wallet or something. I dunno why anyone would need that when you have a bajillion software wallets.

Another great snip:

a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China. I’m failing to find any stirring of American pride within me. I’ve certainly felt it before, so I can confirm that it is absent at this time.

HTC probably gave him a discount not to attach their name

So just the fast charging then. I don't think anyone seriously buying this to use has any of the other thing left to give up.

It didn't. After customers started to post online, the media picked it up. Trump inc (co?) did the same thing with Trump watches and his Trump shoes. Both produce a rip-off product and only after being caught.

Fuck him!

Jimmy Carter was considered a complete failure by republicans. He had high inflation, high energy prices, high unemployment, and American lives lost in Iran.

Trump speedran that and the opposite party was not actively colluding to undermind him. I still haven't brought up Carter having to sale his farm and his brother.

https://gettrumpwatches.com/ https://gettrumpsneakers.com/

i bet that’s the “assembled in the usa” bit. putting the battery in the phone

Isn’t HTC Taiwanese?

The most shocking thing is that buyers actually received their devices.

most likely it has bloatware, and some spyware in the phone.

Don't give them credit for anything. They intended to keep all their money, and stiff the MAGA dummies. Then it hit the media in a big way, and they decided to get it done ASAP.

So they found a manufacturer that had enough inventory to fulfill the orders, and went with them. Under those circumstances it would almost certainly be a fairly recent model. Ten year old phones might not even have manufacturer support. The fact that they had so many hanging around means this model was probably a dog.

why can’t a smartphone be made in the US? Again, there are lots of reasons but the big ones are the absence of the necessary manufacturing base, the lack of expertise in the labour pool, and cost.

Why didn't they just pray for them? Weird.

I wonder if the same problem will turn out to apply for routers.

Yes, just not for the North American market

ngl i thought they spun-off their phone business,i checked Wikipedia and they still make Phones.

Still or again? I know they've been out of the EU market for a long time but I'm not sure if they ever stopped altogether or just pivoted to electricity markets

That a bunch of idiots bought it to begin with should be telling enough.

Pablo Escobar phone 2 electric boogaloo.

They probably thought it would be made of actual gold as well.

It’s not even a clone, it’s literally a rebadged HTC

I can see the cross draw deaths in my mind. It is beautiful.

Counting is hard.

He didn't even paint it himself?

He just licenses his name to these things. He doesn't manufacture all these "Trump" products.

The shipping label was generated in America

HTC is Taiwanese, but the components are mostly from Southeast Asia and of course, Mainland China.

Gyna.

I saw in the teardown that the battery was made in the Philippines

If they did that, it would trash the cell reception. Metal blocks signal.

Yes, with truth social pre-installed

Flabbergasted is a perfect word for when they cover stuff in that cheap gold paint.

(Starts shanking gold spray can)

This is stupid and dangerous thinking.

"WHERE YOU AT!?"

Sounds like HTC paid ODM to design it, and ODM tweaked some cosmetics for the Trumps.

Against all expectations, the T1 is actually well priced when compared to the equivalently specced 512GB U24 Pro, and the only things you give up are the 60W fast charging and your dignity.