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Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone

30 points by srueg 1y ago

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hunglee2 1y ago
President Trump will leave office as the richest man in the world, a modern day Crassus.
- burnt-resistor 1y ago
  Putin is still effectively the richest at present time, but it will be interesting if he can manage to not be impeached & removed for 3 years.
- rsynnott 1y ago
  Given how Crassus, ah, left office, I'm not sure he's an example many people would be keen to follow.
Hatrix 1y ago
Will it be made in the USA by Americans from genuine USA sourced materials?
- dialup_sounds 1y ago
  100% domestically-sourced vapor.
wdb 1y ago
Still confused that you can do this kind of things while being the president
- Bender 1y ago
  His sons are directing the work AFAIK. It's just Trump in brand only.
  - JohnFen 1y ago
    According to Trump
    - Bender 1y ago
      Yeah I don't have any factual data to back that up. I accept their statement based on his experience running The Apprentice. He loves to make people compete for a project and tell the losers, "You're Fiyyaaad!!"
      - JohnFen 1y ago
        Trump has a very poor track record in terms of making true or accurate statements.
  - m463 1y ago
    well, the american flag is pulled into the brand along with the american president too.
  - zzzeek 1y ago
    but when Hunter Biden creates shell companies, it's the Biden Crime Family
    - ytpete 1y ago
      Rules for thee but not for me
mlhpdx 1y ago
I think we have the new top target for hackers everywhere.
mppm 1y ago
At the risk of stating the blatantly obvious, this will be a rebranded Chinese phone, if it happens at all. The photo on their website [1] is a quick and sloppy Photoshop job (note identical lenses and lack of flash), and the specs and pricing are totally implausible for a US-made phone. Compare that to the 2000$ Purism charges for their comically under-powered Liberty phone [2] that is mostly US-made. 1. https://trumpmobile.com/t1-phone https://trumpmobile.com/t1-phone 2. https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/ https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/
rsynnott 1y ago
... Oh, wow. I saw the website yesterday, but assumed it was a _joke_.

30 points by srueg 1y ago

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hunglee2 1y ago

President Trump will leave office as the richest man in the world, a modern day Crassus.

burnt-resistor 1y ago
Putin is still effectively the richest at present time, but it will be interesting if he can manage to not be impeached & removed for 3 years.
rsynnott 1y ago
Given how Crassus, ah, left office, I'm not sure he's an example many people would be keen to follow.

Hatrix 1y ago

Will it be made in the USA by Americans from genuine USA sourced materials?

dialup_sounds 1y ago
100% domestically-sourced vapor.

wdb 1y ago

Still confused that you can do this kind of things while being the president

Bender 1y ago
His sons are directing the work AFAIK. It's just Trump in brand only.
- JohnFen 1y ago
  According to Trump
  - Bender 1y ago
    Yeah I don't have any factual data to back that up. I accept their statement based on his experience running The Apprentice. He loves to make people compete for a project and tell the losers, "You're Fiyyaaad!!"
    - JohnFen 1y ago
      Trump has a very poor track record in terms of making true or accurate statements.
- m463 1y ago
  well, the american flag is pulled into the brand along with the american president too.
- zzzeek 1y ago
  but when Hunter Biden creates shell companies, it's the Biden Crime Family
  - ytpete 1y ago
    Rules for thee but not for me

mlhpdx 1y ago

I think we have the new top target for hackers everywhere.

mppm 1y ago

At the risk of stating the blatantly obvious, this will be a rebranded Chinese phone, if it happens at all. The photo on their website [1] is a quick and sloppy Photoshop job (note identical lenses and lack of flash), and the specs and pricing are totally implausible for a US-made phone. Compare that to the 2000$ Purism charges for their comically under-powered Liberty phone [2] that is mostly US-made. 1. https://trumpmobile.com/t1-phone https://trumpmobile.com/t1-phone 2. https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/ https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/

rsynnott 1y ago

... Oh, wow. I saw the website yesterday, but assumed it was a _joke_.