Not all that glitters is gold—following a number of delays and price changes (going from $499 to $749), it looks like the t he Trump Mobile T1 Phone has finally launched. That said, despite initial promises of a phone manufactured in the United States, it looks like the T1 is more or less a rebranded version of the HTC U24 Pro, a Taiwanese smartphone model.
More specifically, YouTuber JerryRigEverything (Zack Nelson) recently dismantled the device in a new teardown video, which reveals the phone’s hardware components. While the phone did survive the channel’s signature bend test, the teardown shows that it features internal components which can be swapped with those found on the HTC U24 Pro.
For the $749 price tag, the phone comes with a 6.78-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, a mid-tier Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, 512GB of storage, and a 5,000 mAh battery.…