An estimated 590,000 buyers paid a £74 ($100) deposit to secure one, collectively handing the venture roughly £43.7 million ($59 million). As of May 2026, not a single confirmed customer has received the device. Now, a fresh wave of anger is spreading across MAGA forums after buyers received communication making clear that their money is, for all practical purposes, gone.

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[–] 97 points 4 months ago* (13 children)

What a surprise - the phone that was a photoshopped Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in a Spigen case isn't real.

There is absolutely no way a phone that's made in the USA could be sold for only $499.

The Trump phone plan is a grift too. $47.45/month and you only get 20GB high speed data, when you can get 70GB (or actual unlimited, depending on network) from US Mobile for less than half the price.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago

    $47.45/month

    Wait was it pitched at "47.45" because...of his presidential terms?! THAT'S SO STUPID!

    Lol it also illustrates the mentality so well, that the numbers are out of sequence but this would hypothetically squeeze people for 2 more bucks, so of course that's what they're gonna do.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    There is absolutely no way a phone that’s made in the USA could be sold for only $499.

    TBF - no wait, fairness is wrong here -
    playing devil's advocate, they did dial back on that claim somewhat, it was known that this will be some off-brand device, most likely made in China.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    They originally said it was going to be 100% American made for that price, and only toned it down later on. Now they just say "Designed with American values in mind", whatever that means.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    As a Canadian I’m very jealous of your mobile plan prices.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Canadian here - I pay less than $30 taxes in for a grandfathered plan that started with 2GB of data and they kept giving me retention bonuses in the last few years. So now I have about 25GB of data.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago*

    I pay around $50 with Bell. It does everything I need. Granted, I think I only get 15-20 GB download, but my phone is almost always connected to external wifi. Some months I barely use more than 5 GB.

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