Trump announced its cellular brand called T1 at the beginning of this month, which strongly emphasized that the facility would be “produced in the US” and will be in accordance with Trump’s policy. Now, just 10 days later, the company quietly erases these claims.
This shift comes after the analysts’ consensus that phones are likely to be made in China.
Shift in the tongue
The official T1 phone has removed all the languages that indicate that the phone will be made in the US.
Now the website uses the more ambiguous phrasing reporting that the phone has been “designed with regard to American values” and “revived right here in the US,” Fortune said.
The phone specification has decreased, delayed release
In addition to production claims, Verge said that the T1 phone specification has also been reduced since its performance.
The screen is now smaller, which has been reduced from 6.78 inches to 6.25 inches and all RAM information was also removed.
In addition, while the phones were originally promised in September, the company has since adjusted this language to read the “late this year”.
Despite these changes, subscribers are still obliged to pay $ 100 for the device, the press agency said.
Industrial skepticism
Skepticism about Trump Mobile’s claims appeared almost immediately after its announcement.
Todd Weaver, the CEO of Purism, the only company that is currently producing a smartphone produced in the US, Fortune said: “As someone who has spent decades to build a safe smartphone, focus on US production, and I can say it with certainty: Fully a US phone is not overnight.”
“If Trump’s phone promises a $ 499 price tag with home production, this announcement seems to be classic vaporware.”
Purism phone costs $ 650 to produce and sell for $ 2,000.
US President Donald Trump was a passionate supporter of Reshoring American production and tariffs as a leverage convinced the company to build plants in the US and attack Apple to produce their phones in Asia, the press agency reported.
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