BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  No Trump phones?!?
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Mon, 11 May 2026 09:32:16 -0500
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 Kurt will be crushed!  :D

Trump Mobiles terms and conditions have been updated to suggest the T1 Phone 
might never ship, surprising almost no one

Date:
Mon, 11 May 2026 10:30:53 +0000

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone now looks even less like a real product than it 
used to, thanks to changes to the terms and conditions:  The Trump
Mobile T1 Phone is the gift that just keeps on giving  well, as long as you 
havent paid a deposit for one. For everyone else, this is one of the most 
amusing and baffling ongoing stories in tech. 

As of May, the T1 Phone  first announced back in June 2025  still hasnt 
shipped, and it has also missed its previous March shipping estimate . So, 
when will people actually receive it? Well, maybe never. While roughly 
590,000 would-be buyers have paid a $100 (around 75 /AU$140) deposit to 
secure the gold-colored T1, so far, no one appears to have received the 
handset, and changes to the product's terms and conditions cast further doubt 
over whether it will ever be shipped.

As spotted by International Business Times UK , an update to the T1's terms 
and conditions on April 6 specifies that paying a deposit is not a purchase, 
does not constitute acceptance of an order, does not create a contract for 
sale, does not transfer ownership or title interest, does not allocate or 
reserve specific inventory, and does not guarantee that a device will be 
produced or made available for purchase. 

It also includes the telling addition that this payment provides only a 
conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, 
to offer the device for sale. 

That caveat suggests the company might choose not to sell the T1 Phone at 
all, and with all mentions of a possible release date now scrubbed from the 
Trump Mobile website, too, we probably wont see this phone anytime soon 
anyway.  Mounting frustration -- Right now,
prospective buyers are understandably unhappy. In fact, some have been for a 
long time, with Joseph Cox of 404 Media , for example, describing the 
pre-order process as 'the worst experience I've ever faced buying a consumer 
electronic product.

But as the wait goes on, ever more people are understandably getting 
frustrated; penguinz0 recently posted a lengthy YouTube video about his 
frustrations. 

If youre among those that have paid a deposit, you can in theory at least 
contact Trump Mobile to request a refund  something you should strongly 
consider doing, especially as the updated terms also state that device 
specifications, features, software, hardware components, storage capacities, 
bundled accessories, colors, and configurations are subject to change prior 
to final sale, so you might not even be buying the phone you put a deposit 
down for. 

And even getting a refund might not be easy  while the terms and conditions 
say you can request one, there are unverified reports of people receiving 
emails saying the deposit is non-refundable. Who could've seen this coming? 

Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/trump-mobiles-terms-and-conditions-have-been-
updated-to-suggest-the-t1-phone-might-never-ship-surprising-almost-no-one

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