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Miles Archer

(24,326 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 01:10 PM 5 hrs ago

Rapin' Mobile Roamin' Data Grampy's $499 phone is decorated with an American flag with 11 stripes. Not 13. 11. USA! USA!

Customers looking to pre-order the T1 phone must pay a $100 refundable deposit and join a waitlist for the $499 device, which NBC News describes as a “promotional price.” The service also comes with a $47.45 monthly plan.

Trump Mobile CEO Pat O’Brien told USA Today that customers who pre-ordered the phones should receive them within the coming weeks.

But the rollout has already attracted ridicule over a glaring design error: the American flag printed on the back of the phone appears to contain only 11 stripes instead of the standard 13.

The company has also quietly backed away from earlier claims that the device was “Made in the USA.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder/

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Rapin' Mobile Roamin' Data Grampy's $499 phone is decorated with an American flag with 11 stripes. Not 13. 11. USA! USA! (Original Post) Miles Archer 5 hrs ago OP
How embarrassing! Unfortunately these people have no shame! One grift after another Pisces 5 hrs ago #1
The purchasers of this POS phone should file a suit against Trump, like the "students" at Trump University. sop 5 hrs ago #2
lol! "Unlike other modern equipment, the T1 provides a 3.5mm headset jack" Bristlecone 3 hrs ago #3

sop

(19,305 posts)
2. The purchasers of this POS phone should file a suit against Trump, like the "students" at Trump University.
Tue May 19, 2026, 01:16 PM
5 hrs ago

Bristlecone

(11,188 posts)
3. lol! "Unlike other modern equipment, the T1 provides a 3.5mm headset jack"
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:48 PM
3 hrs ago

In other words, these are older phone models that they are unloading.

Looks like a legacy droid model that got a gold paint job.

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