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Title: Trump Mobile is promoting its smartphone with terribly edited photos
of other brands' products

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:29:43 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/t...

Since it was announced in June, Trump Mobile has committed to an increasingly-
surreal smoke-and-mirrors approach to its promised T1 smartphone. Despite the
initial claims that the phone would be made in the United States, it seemed
highly unlikely from the start that it was accurate. The "Made in USA" claims
were quietly removed from the Trump Mobile website at a later date.
AppleInsider spotted the latest bizarre wrinkle to this story, which is that
the actual phone still does not exist.

The publication noticed that promotional images for T1 all show different
smartphones that appear to be tweaked in a photo editor to look gold. While
the website shows a badly edited image of what appears to be a Revvl 7 Pro 5G
phone, an Instagram ad seems to depict an iPhone 16 Pro Max, again with the
company's branding overlaid. A third confusing image edit was posted on X
earlier this week:

That photo shows a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra equipped with a case made by
Spigen. The South Korean accessory company's logo can be seen behind the
render of an American flag. Spigen's response sums our reaction up pretty
succinctly: "??? bro what."

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https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/t...
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