At This Point, It’s Impossible to Know What the Trump Phone Looks Like

It's been over 2 months since Trump Mobile announced the T1 Phone was being “Made successful the USA” designed “with American values successful mind,” and it seems that anyone deciding to preorder it inactive can’t beryllium definite precisely what telephone they mightiness receive.

In posts connected X and Instagram connected Wednesday, the Trump Mobile relationship encouraged followers to spot their preorder, promising them that “the hold is astir over.” This was joined by an representation that looks thing similar the 1 of the T1 telephone that's presently connected the Trump Mobile website. It alternatively looks alternatively suspiciously similar the rear broadside of a Samsung Galaxy S25.

Not conscionable that, it really appears to beryllium the backmost of a third-party S25 telephone lawsuit from Spigen that has been Photoshopped golden and stamped with the T1 logo and trademark American flag. Still visible, conscionable down the flag, is the Spigen institution logo.

Spigen’s societal media relationship commented nether the station an apt “??? bro what,” earlier penning connected its ain leafage that it had a “lawsuit incoming.” WIRED has reached retired to Spigen for comment.

This isn’t the archetypal clip that questions arsenic to what the T1 Phone volition really crook retired to beryllium person been raised. Not agelong aft it was announced successful June, the specs of the telephone changed connected the Trump Mobile website, on with the deletion of claims that it would beryllium made successful the USA.

Currently, the Trump Mobile website claims the T1 Phone volition person a 6.2-inch punch-hole AMOLED surface with 120 Hz refresh rate, 50 MP main camera with a 16 MP selfie camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery. There’s besides 256 GB of interior storage, an in-screen fingerprint sensor and “AI look unlock.”

It’s priced astatine $499, which includes a $100 deposit that seemingly covers shipping and handling arsenic good arsenic your archetypal period of Trump Mobile service. This suggests buyers volition beryllium required to usage Trump Mobile with their T1 Phone, with nary wide details earlier you authorize outgo of immoderate ongoing committedness to the service.

Users can, astatine least, hold to person the telephone earlier activating the service, and tin petition a afloat refund “at immoderate clip anterior to the shipment of the phone.”

As to what the telephone volition look similar erstwhile (and if) that ever happens though, it’s presently intolerable to know—and Trump Mobile seems as unsure arsenic the remainder of us. All of which isn’t helping to curb suspicions that, close now, the T1 Phone—initially pegged to get successful August—probably doesn’t beryllium successful immoderate signifier oregon form.