Approximately 590,000 people put a deposit of $100 down for the smartphone, which would ultimately sell at $499, reports<\/a> IBTimes. Despite receiving an advance in the region of $59 million, Trump Mobile has yet to ship a single unit to consumers.
<\/p>\n There doesn’t seem to be any sign of it arriving by the quickly approaching one-year mark, either.
<\/p>\n A stretching timeline<\/p>\n The T1 was pitched as a “Made in USA” smartphone, almost in response to Apple and others constructing the iPhone and other smartphones in other countries. Shortly after its introduction and after many assurances of its USA-centric nature, the Internet quickly determined that it was probably a rebadged budget Android device made in China.
<\/p>\n The research didn’t stop the surge of preorders for the device, even when Trump Mobile silently dropped<\/a> the “Made in America” claim.
<\/p>\n After failing to ship in the late summer of 2025<\/a>, the release date kept being moved back to later in the year, then into early 2026. A redesign of the Trump Mobile website in April 2026 removed the release date entirely, instead showing a link to “join the waitlist.”
<\/p>\n Previous images of the fabled Trump Mobile T1<\/p>\n Reports into the delay involved one call center representative telling journalists that the T1 was in the “final stages of certification and field testing” in January 2026. There was apparently a ship date of Q1 2026, but that has passed.
<\/p>\n At one point, a representative blamed a 43-day federal government shutdown, though critics pointed out that such a claim didn’t really impact a privately held hardware producer.
<\/p>\n Considerable doubt<\/p>\n While those who have put down a deposit for the T1 are patiently waiting, there is a possibility that they may not ever get the smartphone at all.
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