Trump Phone Starts Shipping This Week After 9-Month Delay
The Trump Mobile T1 phone will begin shipping this week after a nine-month delay. Originally scheduled for release in August 2025, production issues caused the postponement. The phone is a modified version of the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G and features several high-end specifications.
- ▪Trump Mobile announced that the T1 Phone will start shipping this week to those who preordered it.
- ▪The phone was initially set to ship last August but faced production delays due to quality assurance testing.
- ▪The T1 phone is advertised with features such as a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen and a 50-megapixel camera.
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Announced almost a year ago, the golden Trump phone will finally begin shipping this week to people who preordered it, according to Trump Mobile."Those who pre-ordered the T1 Phone will be receiving an update email. Phones start shipping this week!!!," Trump Mobile said in an X (Twitter) post on Wednesday. A Community Note added to the post suggests that the long-delayed phone is a modified version of the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G, which was first released in early 2024.The Trump phone, officially known as the Trump Mobile T1, was supposed to ship last August, but ran into production issues, the company said."The technology business is more difficult than some may realize, as parts must be tested for quality assurances," Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien said in a statement to CNET.
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