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| | |Founded=2025-06-16 | ||
| | |Industry=Telecommunications | ||
| | |Logo=Trump Mobile.png | ||
| | |ParentCompany=Trump Organization | ||
| | |Type=Subsidiary | ||
| | |Website=https://trumpmobile.com/ | ||
|Description=MVNO founded by the Trump Organization. Soon after the launch, issues with signing up, false advertising, and double charges emerged. | |||
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===Unavailability of service (2025)=== | ===Unavailability of service (2025)=== | ||
When the service was announced, journalists and YouTubers bought into the service to test its functionality as an MVNO. When journalist Shira Ovide signed up for the "47 Plan" (being the only available service package on the website), she noted it was "impossible" to enable the service on her phone, with her credit card being instantly charged.<ref name="WP">{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/17/trump-mobile-phone-signup-wireless-service/ |title=I tried signing up for Trump Mobile service. Here’s how it went. |first=Shira |last=Ovide |work=The Washington Post |date=2025-06-17 |access-date=26 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617201221/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/17/trump-mobile-phone-signup-wireless-service/ |archive-date=17 June 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | When the service was announced, journalists and YouTubers bought into the service to test its functionality as an MVNO. When journalist Shira Ovide signed up for the "47 Plan" (being the only available service package on the website), she noted it was "impossible" to enable the service on her phone, with her credit card being instantly charged.<ref name="WP">{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/17/trump-mobile-phone-signup-wireless-service/ |title=I tried signing up for Trump Mobile service. Here’s how it went. |first=Shira |last=Ovide |work=The Washington Post |date=2025-06-17 |access-date=26 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617201221/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/17/trump-mobile-phone-signup-wireless-service/ |archive-date=17 June 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Contributing factors to the lack of functionality included the long wait-time for an activation QR code via email, alongside "coming soon" text being displayed on the number activation screen. | ||
===False advertising (2025)=== | ===False advertising (2025)=== | ||
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When the T1 Phone was announced, the product page mentioned the phone having 12GB of storage rather than RAM, the screen being "6.8” (6.78”) Punch-Hole AMOLED", and the phone being advertised as "MADE IN USA". Since then as of 26 June 2025, both claims have been removed or replaced, such as the screen now being a "6.25 inch Punch-Hole AMOLED".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/tech/trump-t1-phone-made-in-us-website-change |title=Trump Mobile still claims its phone is ‘Made in the USA.’ But it pulled that language from its site |first1=Lisa |last1=Eadicicco |first2=Hadas |last2=Gold |date=2025-06-26 |website=CNN |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250626235739/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/tech/trump-t1-phone-made-in-us-website-change |archive-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | When the T1 Phone was announced, the product page mentioned the phone having 12GB of storage rather than RAM, the screen being "6.8” (6.78”) Punch-Hole AMOLED", and the phone being advertised as "MADE IN USA". Since then as of 26 June 2025, both claims have been removed or replaced, such as the screen now being a "6.25 inch Punch-Hole AMOLED".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/tech/trump-t1-phone-made-in-us-website-change |title=Trump Mobile still claims its phone is ‘Made in the USA.’ But it pulled that language from its site |first1=Lisa |last1=Eadicicco |first2=Hadas |last2=Gold |date=2025-06-26 |website=CNN |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250626235739/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/tech/trump-t1-phone-made-in-us-website-change |archive-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In August, a new image of the T1 Phone was posted on the company's X account that featured a photo-shopped Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-mobile-posts-new-image-of-t1-phone-is-it-just-a-samsung-galaxy-ultra|title=Trump Mobile Posts New Image of T1 Phone. Is It Just a Samsung Galaxy Ultra?|first=Michael|last=Kan|date=2025-08-20|work=PCMag|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823153319/https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-mobile-posts-new-image-of-t1-phone-is-it-just-a-samsung-galaxy-ultra|archive-date=2025-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also noted the Spigen logo was still visible on the case, with the company responding to the tweet with "??? bro what".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/764175/trump-mobile-t1-phone-samsung-s25-ultra-spigen|title=Trump Mobile’s fake iPhone is now a fake S25 Ultra|first=Dominic|last=Preston|work=TheVerge|date=2025-08-22|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822232346/https://www.theverge.com/news/764175/trump-mobile-t1-phone-samsung-s25-ultra-spigen|archive-date=2025-08-22|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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File:Trump Mobile X T1 iPhone.jpg|June 2025 | |||
File:Trump Mobile X T1 Spigen.jpg|August 2025 | |||
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==Products== | ==Products== | ||