It has been over two months since Trump Cell introduced the T1 Telephone was being “Made within the USA” designed “with American values in thoughts,” and it appears that evidently anybody deciding to preorder it nonetheless can’t make sure precisely what cellphone they could obtain.
In posts on X and Instagram on Wednesday, the Trump Cell account inspired followers to position their preorder, promising them that “the wait is sort of over.” This was joined by a picture that appears nothing just like the one of many T1 cellphone that is at present on the Trump Cell web site. It as an alternative appears moderately suspiciously just like the rear facet of a Samsung Galaxy S25.
Not simply that, it truly seems to be the again of a third-party S25 cellphone case from Spigen that has been photoshopped gold and stamped with the T1 emblem and trademark American flag. Nonetheless seen, simply behind the flag, is the Spigen firm emblem.
Spigen’s social media account commented below the publish on X with an apt “??? bro what” earlier than writing by itself web page that it had a “lawsuit incoming.” WIRED has reached out to Spigen for remark.
This isn’t the primary time questions have been raised about what the T1 Telephone will truly turn into. Not lengthy after it was introduced in June, the specs of the cellphone modified on the Trump Cell web site, and claims that it could be made within the USA had been deleted.
Presently, the Trump Cell web site claims the T1 Telephone can have a 6.2-inch punch-hole AMOLED display with 120-Hz refresh charge, 50-MP principal digicam with a 16-MP selfie digicam, and a 5,000-mAh battery. There’s additionally 256 GB of inner storage, an in-screen fingerprint sensor, and “AI face unlock.”
It’s priced at $499, which features a $100 deposit that apparently covers transport and dealing with in addition to your first month of Trump Cell service. This means consumers shall be required to make use of Trump Cell with their T1 Telephone, with no clear particulars earlier than you authorize fee of any ongoing dedication to the service.
Customers can, a minimum of, wait to obtain the cellphone earlier than activating the service and may request a full refund “at any time previous to the cargo of the cellphone.”
As to what the cellphone will appear like when (and if) that ever occurs, it’s unimaginable to know—and Trump Cell appears as uncertain as the remainder of us. All of which isn’t serving to to curb suspicions that, proper now, the T1 Telephone—initially pegged to reach in August—most likely doesn’t exist in any form or kind.
