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Trump Mobile Cancels Gold Phone Delivery Guarantee After Collecting $60 Million in Deposits
Nearly 600,000 people paid $100 deposits for the unreleased gold-colored T1 phone more than a year ago, but no devices have shipped and the promised launch dates have been repeatedly delayed. The company behind the phone, T1 Mobile LLC, quietly revised its terms in April to state that deposits provide only a conditional opportunity to buy if the company later elects to offer the device.
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Nearly 600,000 people have paid $100 deposits totaling about $60 million for a gold-colored smartphone promoted as the Trump Mobile T1, but not a single device has been delivered more than a year after the first preorders were taken. The company updated its terms and conditions last month to state that a preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if the company later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the device for sale.
The revised language, dated April 6, also notes that the company does not guarantee that a device will be produced or made available for purchase. Promised delivery dates slipped repeatedly, from an initial target of August 2025 to November, then December, and later to mid-to-late January before being removed from the website entirely.
Customer service representatives had previously attributed one delay to a government shutdown. The company received PTCRB certification and Federal Communications Commission authorization for the device last month, steps required to launch on U.S. networks, according to a report by The Verge.
There is currently no release date listed on the Trump Mobile website.
Tech content creator Carter Ryan, who goes by CarterPCs online, questioned the updated language in a TikTok post. " — Updated terms, April 6 (Fortune) The company, T1 Mobile LLC, uses an agreement from DTTM Operations LLC, which manages intellectual property and trademarks associated with presidential merchandise.
T1 Mobile and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. A White House spokesperson referred inquiries to the Trump Organization.
The T1 phone has been redesigned three times since its announcement. It features a gold shell with an American flag motif, runs on the Android operating system, and includes a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen, 50-megapixel cameras on front and back, a fingerprint sensor and AI face unlock.
