Trump Mobile's highly anticipated T1 smartphone has officially missed its September launch window, leaving customers who paid $100 deposits empty-handed as the company quietly revises specs and removes 'Made in USA' claims. The $499 device, marketed with 'American values,' now promises arrival only 'later this year' after multiple timeline shifts since its June announcement.
Trump Mobile just delivered some awkward news to anyone hoping to get their hands on the T1 smartphone - the device that was supposed to launch this month is nowhere to be found. With September nearly over, the gold-tinted phone marketed with 'American values' has officially missed another deadline, leaving early adopters who ponied up $100 deposits still waiting.
The confusion started back in June when Trump Mobile announced the T1 alongside its $47.45 monthly wireless service. But even then, the timeline was murky. The Trump Organization's official press release promised an August launch, while the Trump Mobile website claimed September. Neither happened.
What's more telling is how quietly the company has been walking back its promises. Within weeks of the original announcement, Trump Mobile scrubbed September mentions from its website. The phone's current store page now offers the vague promise of delivery 'later this year' - industry speak for 'we have no idea when.' The Trump Organization didn't respond to requests for comment about the delays.
But the missed deadline isn't the only thing that's changed. The T1's specs have been quietly downgraded too. The screen size shrunk from 6.78 inches to 6.25 inches, and the spec sheet no longer mentions what might be the most confusing feature ever promised: a '5000mAh long life camera.' The only visual evidence of the phone remains a low-quality render and some marketing materials featuring poorly edited images of Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices.
The most significant change, though, involves the phone's manufacturing claims. Trump Mobile no longer says the T1 is made in the USA. Instead, the company now carefully suggests there are 'American hands behind every device' and that it was 'designed with American values in mind' - language that suggests overseas manufacturing with domestic oversight.
This isn't exactly shocking for the smartphone industry, where even manufactures most devices in China while maintaining design control in California. But for a brand explicitly positioning itself around American values and patriotic messaging, the quiet shift away from 'Made in USA' claims represents a significant retreat from original promises.
