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I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like (www.cnet.com)
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[–] mech@feddit.org 55 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

tl/dr: It's a re-branded 2-year-old midrange Samsung with a shell most people describe as piss-colored, a Trump wallpaper and Truth Social preinstalled.
And still only available to media representatives.

Pretty much exactly what any sane person expected.

Edit: Also, the American flag on it only has 11 stripes.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So it's not made in America by Americans?

What a rip off I'm getting my deposits back.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 44 minutes ago

It's "assembled in America", most likely just attached the case by Mexicans.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of a scam by the son(?) of Pablo Escobar a while back where they sold the ""Escobar"" Fold (which was obviously just a Samsung Galaxy Fold 1) for $200 or something ridiculously low like that.

Of course it sold out within minutes but the only ones that ever received their phones were influencers.

Edit: Actually looks like it's an HTC

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, shit, i remember that clusterfuck. Wasn't it also with something something blockchain/web3?

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I think they tried to make their own crypto currency

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So... The media bought into another Trump trap.

Color me shocked at 6.

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 2 points 1 hour ago

Sooo.. billionaires that have always been complying in advance to Trump and fascism in the name of profits.