Trump’s golden cell phone starts shipping: Here are the specifications, and there is also a controversy

A year of delays and uncertainty

Executive Director Pat O’Brien confirmed that the pre-ordered phones have started arriving to users. He cited “multiple phases of development and testing” to ensure quality standards as the reason for the delay. The launch was moved from August to October 2025, then postponed again, which raised doubts as to whether the device would ever appear. The project was also accompanied by ethical dilemmas due to the use of the current president’s name, motivation and questions about a conflict of interest. The company did not disclose the number of orders, but they expect all of them to be fulfilled soon.

The biggest controversy surrounding the T1 was the claim that it would be “made in the United States”. Due to the lack of infrastructure for mass production in the US, analysts were skeptical. The company later softened the rhetoric and now states that the device is “shaped by American innovation”. Executives said the phone is manufactured in a “privileged nation” and final assembly involving a dozen final parts is done in Florida. O’Brien confirmed that the first devices were “assembled in the USA”, with the aim that in the future most components will be produced on domestic soil.

Technical characteristics and plan “47”

The Golden T1 phone has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 series processor, a three-camera system (main 50 MP, wide-angle 8 MP and telephoto 50 MP) and a 5000 mAh battery. It also offers 512 GB of storage and AI face unlock, and it runs on Android. Analysts have noticed significant similarities with the specifications of the cheaper T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G model. In addition to devices, Trump Mobile also offers a mobile tariff as a virtual operator. The “Plan 47” package costs $47.45 a month, a reference to Donald Trump as the 45th and 47th president of the United States.