It has been over two months since Trump Cellular introduced the T1 Cellphone was being “Made within the USA” designed “with American values in thoughts,” and plainly anybody deciding to preorder it nonetheless can’t make certain precisely what cellphone they may obtain.
In posts on X and Instagram on Wednesday, the Trump Cellular 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 the moment on the Trump Cellular web site. It as a substitute seems reasonably 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 underneath the submit 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 Cellphone will truly transform. Not lengthy after it was introduced in June, the specs of the cellphone modified on the Trump Cellular web site, and claims that it will be made within the USA had been deleted.
At present, the Trump Cellular web site claims the T1 Cellphone can have a 6.2-inch punch-hole AMOLED display screen with 120-Hz refresh price, 50-MP foremost digital camera with a 16-MP selfie digital camera, and a 5,000-mAh battery. There’s additionally 256 GB of inside 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 Cellular service. This means consumers might be required to make use of Trump Cellular with their T1 Cellphone, with no clear particulars earlier than you authorize fee of any ongoing dedication to the service.
Customers can, at the least, 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 seem like when (and if) that ever occurs, it’s inconceivable to know—and Trump Cellular appears as uncertain as the remainder of us. All of which isn’t serving to to curb suspicions that, proper now, the T1 Cellphone—initially pegged to reach in August—most likely doesn’t exist in any form or kind.
