Donald Trump’s family company puts the name of the president behind something that only a few have produced for years: a made in America smartphone.
The Trump organization, led by the oldest sons of the President, said on Monday that she had licensed Donald Trump’s name for a new wireless service and a gold-colored phone. The T1, as the device is called, should be available in August for 499 US dollars and “proudly built and built”, the company said in a statement.
But the patriotic pitch immediately hit skepticism and not just about President Trump, who tried to benefit again in office. Several insiders in the technology industry questioned whether the sale of a Made Made Made phone in America telephone is even possible within a few months, since most electronic productions are carried out due to expensive housework, a lack of specialists and a lack of suppliers in overseas.
“As someone who has spent over a decade of building a safe, privacy first smartphone, concentrating on the production in the US They are currently producing a smartphone manufactured in the USA. “If the Trump phone promises a price of $ 499
With domestic production, this announcement seems to be classic. ”
According to Weaver, Purism’s American phone, the Liberty phone, costs $ 650 and costs $ 2,000. The Markup covers some of the additional administrative costs for security -conscious customers who want to check the phone’s supply chain together with the winning of purism.
In contrast, the T1 would only be available for retail retail in retail retail in retail retail Fraction of this priceIt would be profitable to ask questions about how such a US-made device would be profitable.
The Trump organization has not announced which company will produce the T1 or where it is produced. There were only a few technical specifications about the device, including the execution in the Android operating system from Google, with a fingerprint sensor and facial recognition for unlocking and a 6.8 -inch screen.
The product page for the phone is also interspersed with errors and omissions. The device described the device with a “5000 mAh LONG LIFE camera” (a battery, a mistake, which was then resolved) and “12 GB-RAM memory” (RAM is generally referred to as memory, since all data stored in RAM is deleted when the device is switched off), while neglecting that a piece of information is reduced: the type of chip that is reduced deal with the chips.
Wayne Lam, an analyst at Techinights, said the available details of the phone “do not indicate that it is a competitive telephone design” compared to higher devices such as Apple’s iPhone. He called the specifications for the T1 “overwhelming”.
Production of cell phones in the United States, at least by large companies, is generally regarded as a lost cause. Nowadays, your devices and components in Asia are almost exclusively manufactured. Managers say that US production is too expensive in comparison and that there are not enough suppliers and specialists to do the work.
Even if a company wanted to try out its luck, it can take years as if it would take years that the production of a telephone manufactured in the USA will not be set up-only for a few months. A company would need time to clear up suppliers, to recruit employees and to set up a production system.
Donald Trump’s son Eric may have indicated how the T1 will avoid the problem. In an interview with Podcaster Benny Johnson in the Benny show, he stated that the phone can initially be made overseas. “Finally, all telephones are built in the United States of America,” said Eric Trump. “We have to bring the production back.”
Of course, President Trump made a priority with his “liberation hours” in April, and attacks Apple for Production of his iPhones in Asia. All imported T1 telephones or components would theoretically be exposed to its import tax.
In addition to the phone, Trump will also give its name to a wireless service, Called Trump MobileThis costs $ 47.45 per month and is supplied with up to 20 GB of data. The amount is a not so subtle reference to his two terms as president.
The Trump organization has not said who is with wireless service or device, but is hidden in the terms of use of the website, an indication that Liberty Mobile Wireless’s service is even a “virtual” airline that uses the networks of other companies. The wireless reporting will come from the country’s three largest mobile phone providers, said the Trump organization.
Ross Rubin, an analyst with board research, said that the wireless service of Trump Mobile is more expensive than comparable carrier plans like that of T-Mobile’s metro And Verizon’s total together with the discount provider Boost Mobile. In addition, he said, some of these airlines give new customers a free phone when they register.
Weaver from purism has raised a complication in relation to the Trump organization, which claims that a product has been produced in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission has strict rules in which companies can and can market a product as local products. “If the Trump family has noticed it, not sure, a safe, anthore or closer coast of operation without anyone noticing it, it is simply not possible to deliver what they promise,” said Weaver.
