Trump Cellular's T1 nonetheless doesn't exist, however the firm is now promoting refurbished telephones

The T1 smartphone from Trump Cellular stays non-existent vaporware, however the firm continues to be discovering new methods to take folks’s cash. Anybody who desperately needs to fund this sham can now purchase a refurbished telephone from the corporate. The enterprise’s web site has listings for “Renewed” fashions of the Samsung S24 and S23 and the iPhone 15 and 14. Gizmodo observed that Trump Cellular is promoting these different manufacturers’ telephones for a similar price, or typically extra, than the identical refurbs from different retailers. Appears fairly par for the course.

NBC Information opted to order one of many T1 telephones in August to trace its improvement. “After confirming with the bank card firm that the transaction was not fraudulent, NBC Information obtained a affirmation e mail verifying the order,” the publication stated in a report final month. Nevertheless, it has not obtained a lot communication from the corporate on why the telephone nonetheless has not shipped. “Neither Trump Cellular nor the Trump Group responded to NBC Information’ a number of requests for touch upon when the telephone can be launched and why it’s delayed.”

In case you missed the earlier acts of sketchiness from Trump Cellular, the corporate insisted at its debut that the telephone was made within the US. That appeared like a doubtful declare and the “made within the USA” language was quietly eliminated from the web site shortly after.