Shipments of the gold-plated smartphone 'T1' announced by President Trump's family company are significantly delayed
Trump Mobile, the mobile phone business of
Trump Mobile delays plan to launch gold-colored smartphone this year
https://www.ft.com/content/29fc1e75-7bec-4011-acc3-603e51cf9fe2
Trump Mobile says it's delaying its first-ever smartphone, and the government shutdown is to blame | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/12/31/trump-mobile-t1-gold-phone-delayed-government-shutdown/
Surprise: Trump Mobile's T1 Phone Is Delayed Again. Here's the Latest Excuse | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/surprise-trump-mobiles-t1-phone-is-delayed-again-heres-the-latest-excuse
Trump family business delays launch of $499 gold smartphone | Donald Trump | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-family-business-delays-launch-of-gold-smartphone
Trump Mobile announced the launch of its gold-colored smartphone, the T1, in June 2025, along with a mobile phone service for Americans with access to 5G networks. The back of the T1 featured the American flag and was heavily promoted as being 'designed and made in America.'
President Trump's family company announces 'Trump Mobile' that allows unlimited use of gold-plated American smartphones with 5G - GIGAZINE
The T1 was priced at $499 (approximately ¥78,000), with a $100 deposit required to purchase. However, supply chain analysts and industry experts pointed out that it would be impossible to manufacture a smartphone using only American-made parts, given the company's heavy reliance on Asian suppliers for its existing smartphones.
A few weeks after the announcement, Trump Mobile retracted its initial claim of being 'Made in America' and revised it to say 'Designed with American values in mind.' It also made changes to specifications like display size and RAM, and pushed back the release date from 'September 2025' to 'sometime in 2025.'
President Trump's family company has announced that the gold-plated smartphone 'T1 Phone 8002' will have its American-made wording removed - GIGAZINE
On December 31, 2025, the Financial Times and other media outlets reported that the T1 would not ship in 2025 after all. According to Trump Mobile's customer service team, the shipping delay was due to the US federal government shutdown that lasted from October 1 to November 12, which delayed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) response. The customer service team told Fortune, 'We've been told that the phone will ship in mid- to late January.'
Trump Mobile is also selling used Apple and Samsung devices even before the T1 shipments have begun. Trump Mobile is selling used iPhone 15s, released in 2023, for $629 (approximately 99,000 yen) and used Samsung S24s, released in 2024, for $459 (approximately 72,000 yen).
In addition, when checking the T1 sales page published at the time of writing, it only said, 'When we release the T1 Phone later this year, you'll be the first to receive it!' (When we release the T1 Phone later this year, you'll be the first to receive it!) The exact shipping date was not stated.
Android 16 was released in June 2025, but the T1 still ran Android 15.
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