{"id":372059,"date":"2026-07-10T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=372059"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:32:03","slug":"trump-mobile-t1-is-now-available-for-499-early-hands-ons-say-its-poor-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/trump-mobile-t1-is-now-available-for-499-early-hands-ons-say-its-poor-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Mobile T1 is now available for $499: early hands-ons say it\u2019s poor value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump Mobile T1, the Trump-branded <a href=\"https:\/\/android-studio.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> phone, is finally on sale for <strong>$499<\/strong> after launch dates kept moving and, for months, it wasn&#8217;t even clear the thing would actually ship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"CPU-Z\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f1069a7c-9b22-11e6-8a2d-00163ed833e7\/3340606837\/cpu-z-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">CPU-Z<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cpu-z.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cpu-z.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some buyers and reviewers do now have Trump Mobile T1 units in hand. Deliveries still look uneven, though.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early hands-on reports paint a pretty rough picture: a dated, chunky gold plastic phone with loud branding, awkward handling, <strong>weak cameras<\/strong>, basic mid-range specs, and not much value for the money. On top of that, side-by-side comparisons and teardowns point to the Trump Mobile T1 being mostly a rebadged 2024 HTC U24 Pro. That also makes Trump Mobile&#8217;s original &#8220;made in the USA&#8221; claim look even less convincing, especially now that the site has backed off that language and switched to vaguer talk about American values.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a few throwback extras here. You get a <strong>3.5mm headphone jack<\/strong>, a microSD slot, a notification light, a charger, a case, and a braided USB cable, along with the political add-ons, including a $47.45 plan and the <a href=\"https:\/\/truth-social.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a> app preinstalled. Even so, if you&#8217;re after a good Android phone, the Trump Mobile T1 isn&#8217;t worth buying, especially with reports of about 590,000 $100 deposits, accusations that it was vaporware, and a data breach that affected some preorder customers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you still want one, you can buy the Trump Mobile T1 now from Trump Mobile.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Mobile T1, the Trump-branded Android phone, is finally on sale for $499 after launch dates kept moving and, for months, it wasn&#8217;t even clear the thing would actually ship. Some buyers and reviewers do now have Trump Mobile T1 units in hand. Deliveries still look uneven, though. Early hands-on reports paint a pretty rough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/trump-mobile-t1-is-now-available-for-499-early-hands-ons-say-its-poor-value\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Trump Mobile T1 is now available for $499: early hands-ons say it\u2019s poor value&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9229,"featured_media":372058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-372059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372060,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372059\/revisions\/372060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372059"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=372059"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=372059"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=372059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}