(Credit: Trump Mobile)
It's been nearly a year since the original reveal of the Trump Mobile T1 Phone, but there's now a brand-new design for the upcoming handset, along with a refreshed website.
As spotted by The Verge, Trump Mobile updated its website with new photographs of the T1 to better match a design refresh it teased in February. There's still no release date, though. Trump Mobile initially announced a 2025 launch, which didn't happen. Archived versions of its website show it touted a "later this year" release date as recently as April 12.
The phone's new rear design loses the T1 logo and the brushed gold effect from the original. The camera housing retains the three cameras and adds Trump Mobile wording along an oval-like camera bump.
The gold is a darker shade than originally shown, and there’s also a clearer American flag at the bottom, followed by the Trump Mobile logo.
Trump Mobile also changed the specs, switching back to a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. (The phone was initially announced with a 6.8-inch display before Trump Mobile switched to 6.25 inches without any explanation.)
Other specs confirmed by this latest listing include 512GB of storage, a 5,000mAh battery, 30W charging, a 50MP selfie camera, a 50MP rear camera, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 50MP telephoto capable of 2x zoom. It says to expect a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 chipset, but doesn’t specify which model or how much RAM.
The OS is Android 15, which was new when the phone was first announced. It’ll be interesting to see if it runs on Android 16 when it lands. The user interface on the website doesn’t suggest any unique software features.
Trump Mobile is selling this device for $499 during a promotional preorder window and requires a $100 deposit. Given that people who handed over $100 almost a year ago have yet to receive their phone, we wouldn't recommend preordering at this point. The website also notes that "product features and images are for illustration only. Final product appearance and specifications may vary," so this could still just be vaporware.
We don't know how much the phone will cost after the promotional period. In February, Trump Mobile executives Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas told The Verge that the full price would be less than $1,000.
They also said the phone will go through a "final assembly stage" in Miami, where workers will put "together the final 10 or so pieces." At its first unveiling, Trump Mobile said the phone would be made in America, but it has since removed that terminology from its website, given the difficulty in sourcing phone components in the US.