Jul 10, 2026 20:00:00

Trump Mobile's 'T1' smartphone: Benchmark, battery, and screen brightness measurement results revealed in real-world testing.

An article has been published that provides a detailed examination of the 'T1,' the first smartphone released by Trump Mobile, the mobile phone business launched by the Trump Organization.

Previous research has revealed that the T1 is almost identical to the 'HTC U24 Pro.'

Testing Trump Mobile's T1: All That Glitters is Not Gold | LTT Labs
https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/09/testing-trump-mobiles-t1-all-that-glitters-is-not-gold

The study was conducted by LTT Labs, a research and development organization committed to collecting data for unbiased reviews, and used the Google Pixel 10a, a mid-range smartphone in the same price range, as a comparison.

In Geekbench 6, the T1 achieved 68% of the Pixel 10a's single-core performance and 76% of its multi-core performance.

Regarding the GPU, the T1 achieved only about half the performance of the Pixel 10a in 3DMark's Steel Nomad Light test.

While the T1's chipset hasn't been officially announced, reports from other reviewers and hardware information from apps like AIDA64, AnTuTu, and Geekbench 6 suggest it's equipped with a 'Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3.' The HTC U24 Pro also uses the same chipset. In AnTuT benchmarks, the CPU performance was approximately 70% of the Pixel 10a's, and the GPU performance was 56%. In AnTuTu's memory and UX tests, it performed at 83% and 75% of the Pixel 10a's, respectively.

No throttling or performance degradation was observed in the T1 stress test. LTT Labs points out that 'there is simply not enough performance to cause a performance drop in the first place.'

The battery discharge test results are as follows: The T1 has a battery capacity of 5000mAh, and the Pixel 10a has 5100mAh, but there was a difference of more than 9 hours in operating time. In terms of charging, the T1 was faster, taking 68 minutes to fully charge, compared to 102 minutes for the Pixel 10a.

The T1's screen was dim, with a maximum brightness of only 740 nits achievable even in SDR settings. The Pixel 10a, on the other hand, reached a maximum of 4083 nits. Furthermore, the automatic brightness adjustment exhibited suspicious behavior, with the brightness slider only appearing to switch between three levels: 49%, 64%, and 100%. Even in a completely dark room, the screen brightness reportedly never dropped below 49%.

LTT Labs stated, 'It's not all bad. It works almost perfectly. The curved glass reminds me of the Samsung Galaxy S9, one of my favorite phones, and the camera specs are good for this price range ($499, about 80,000 yen). I was also very impressed by the lack of unnecessary pre-installed apps. And best of all, it has a 3.5mm headphone jack.'