This would be REALLY Corrupt if he was President who ALSO Ran every and ALL Agencies that REGULATED this thing! FORTUNATELY Trump is ONLY the President who has Lackeys who Run ALL the Agencies that Regulate this and do LITERALLY WHATEVER he says! So it’s NOT Corrupt!
Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone
Submitted 2 days ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/687418/trump-mobile-network-t1-trademark-application
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BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Looking forward to a map produced next year by some thinly veiled US-supported NGO that shows corruption in the world and America will still be not corrupt but America’s enemies will be very corrupt.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hungary already kind of did that.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
Looking at the webpage, it’s obviously a 100% Chinese product licensing the Trump name.
blackbarn@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
That’s all he’s ever done. License his name. Trump steaks. Trump water. Trump University. List goes on
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s stunning how these people can say this stupid shit with a straight face. 😂
CPMSP@midwest.social 1 day ago
I’m other words, it’s just another example of how not to do business that all the rubes will throw money at.
Awesome.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Next: Watch the Trump administration try to force the big national carriers to give preferential treatment to Trump Mobile on their radio hardware
Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think he’ll try bigger and simply try to nationalize or end licensing for the big 4.
Mihies@programming.dev 2 days ago
But it has “5000mAh long life camera”. Seems good to me.
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I mean, my phone doesn’t have that.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hearing you can download as much RAM as you need on this phone too. CHECKMATE LIBS
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Idk the exact number but the camera in my phone probably weighs like a gram or so, so Einstein tells me I’m carrying about 25,000,000 kWh in the camera alone, which if served at 5V would be ~5,000,000,000 may.
Guess I’m winning.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 days ago
Is this
Phone service under the direct control of the President of the United States of America 🦋
Small government?
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And is this “small government” in the room with us right now?
[Glances nervously at devices]
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Yes. Soon it will be small enough to fit inside your blood.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
small government
I think they want to aerosolize it. I swear you can’t understand the ruling class without reading ‘snow crash’.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can’t wait to read from which part of China this “American built” phone is made
loutr@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah, if they’re not lying it will be the worse phone ever made. The US-made Purism Liberty is $2000 and has similar specs to the Asia-made, $800 Librem 5, which is already overpriced compared to Android devices.
addie@feddit.uk 2 days ago
You are not joking. Comparing a $2000 Purism Liberty with eg. a $200 HMD Fusion. The Fusion has somewhat better screen and battery; much better processor and camera. More RAM, the option of more storage, has NFC. It’s also designed to be easy-to-maintain, but is somewhat thinner and lighter despite having a larger screen area. Are ‘made in USA’ and ‘open-source drivers’ worth paying 10x as much for a noticeably worse phone? (It’s not really ‘made in USA’ either - it’s a mix of US, Chinese and Indian parts assembled in the USA.)
I think that the people who believe a US-made iPhone will also cost $2k are kidding themselves - economy of scale and all that, but it must be substantially more.
Bwaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hey, the “building” of a phone is the part where Mercans put in those tiny screws, as suggested by Administration staff. The low-tech stuff, like fabricating doublesided circuit boards and the microcircuit and mucrowave filter parts mounted on them, all that easy cheap stuff can be done by other people to support the screwers.
shiroininja@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s going to have a wider back door than an onlyfans model.
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 day ago
The Trump-branded T1 Phone will apparently be made in America.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I laughed so hard I peed myself
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thank you for this gif
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 day ago
No problem. It’s a classic from my meme collection that is so vintage, it predates smartphones. I needed a good excuse to dust it off.
Usually_Lurker@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Who is still buying all these crappy products? Is it all just bribes from foreign countries?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There are at least 70 million weapons-grade mentally-ill people in the USA.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
trump could sell bowls of diarrhea with his name on it for $1000, and his sucker cultist followers would take out loans to buy it
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Coming soon: Trump™ Payday Loans! With only 470% APR!
DrCake@lemmy.world 2 days ago
For the people buying it the product it’s self doesn’t matter. It’s got Trump’s name on it and the money they spend goes to him, so he can “own the libs”
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
Gullible conservative simps
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 days ago
eventually it will be illegal to use anything but Trump products
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Top features:
PATRIOTIC bloatware with Mahjong
Lee Greenwood and Kid Rock ringtones
“Starlink GPS” on the box but it’s hastily scratched out in tear-stained whiteboard marker
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And then all the history books will be “Trump History” so that everyone can finally learn the history as Trump sees it
ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
He was pissed to find out Ceaser has his own entire month.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Caesar not only got a month Caesar rewrote the calendar (Julian Calendar).
Trump will try to do the same.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dude I hope it’s popular. Imagine the selling point other networks could have:
*New feature: Fash Block.
We guarantee our mobile network cannot send or recieve calls to any users on Trump Mobile. *
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 days ago
It’s available to preorder now with a $100 deposit
and might actually not even be real because he’s a con man
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
You’re fucking shitting me. I refuse to believe that’s reality and you can’t convince me otherwise.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 2 days ago
Let me sell you a Trump steak.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
Not only am I aware but I worked for Omaha Steaks when he kicked that off.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
I’m aware…
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 days ago
* ring ring *
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can’t wait to see those people buy them and then complain about them.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Make gold gross again.
EldenLord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Biometals are way cooler anyways. Copper? Zinc? Cobalt? Molybdenum? Iron? Tin? Manganese?
All these are essential to our life and provide actual use compared to the utter lifeless and obsolete gold that only serves greed among the ghouls chasing it.
cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Gold is useful! It’s unreactive and conducts electricity really well. Plus you can drink vodka with bits of it in.
bieren@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Don’t miss the fine print.
*phones not made in the USA
JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
merde@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
🤦
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’m calling it, it won’t come out. I just doubt it will happen.
If it does, it’s a rebranded phone wrapped in fake gold leaf, like the Pablo Escobar phone. pcmag.com/…/the-phone-from-pablo-escobars-brother…
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
“a sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States.”
Alright, so clearly this is a bald-face lie? How the hell can they claim this? What kind of made in america SOC are they using?
AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It depends on how they define “built.”
The Moto X was touted as being built in the US, it was assembled in Texas with parts made in Asia.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I believe the Made in USA Labeling Act passed 2021 would prevent following the Moto X approach of just final assembly, but I suppose it’s up to trump’s FTC to make the final call regardless, easy enough for them to issue an exception.
JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
The first 100 customers will be added to the next war plans group chat.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Grifters gonna grift
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
No discussion in the article about fraud or conflict of interest.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Why mention it? We all know it, and for his supporters it’s a feature, not a bug.
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 52 minutes ago
Why mention it? Because the media has a DUTY to call out a corrupt government! Because they’re not doing their job!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Why should there be? Everything this administration does is fraudulent and has conflict of interest. It’s ok because they say it’s okay. You are thinking more like when things were democratic perhaps?
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 day ago
$47
Too high. Tello is $25 for Unlimited in the states and is also an MVNO.
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think this is a great idea. Will make it easy to identify which people I should never speak to again.
Trump really is trying to be hitler. He even invented his own “star of David” in the form of a phone.
anachrohack@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Anyone who pays for this deserves to get scammed
enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Is $47 considered a good deal in the states nowadays? Before I left (2015) I was paying about $80/month.
Now I’m in the Netherlands and I pay $7/month I don’t remember what my plan is but it’s something like 8gb data and more minutes/SMS than I could ever use.
Cell/internet/TV plans are a total racket in the US.
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Nah, I pay about $25 a month for unlimited talk, text, and 35 GB of high speed data before being dropped from priority. It helps its a MVNO, which is the term for companies that use the networks and infrastructure of the big 3 cellular telecomms without needing to physically maintain them.
iowagneiss@midwest.social 1 day ago
Not really. I’m on Visible Wireless prepay and pay $25/month for unlimited data, including unlimited hotspot (rate limited at 5 mb/s on the hotspot).
If it’s a post-pay plan, then it might be competitive, as the rates are around what you remember for those. Since they’re talking about a $500 phone instead of “free with plan,” I’m assuming it’s prepaid where you have to buy the phone separately.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I pay for a year at once, so I only pay $15 per month for unlimited talk/text and 5 GB of mobile data. Mint is the carrier I use
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 days ago
There’s no way this isn’t an attempt to wiretap people
aaron@infosec.pub 2 days ago
The ‘smart’ phones in everybody’s pockets already are. Kind of, more or less.
Well perhaps the intention wasn’t to wiretap everybody, but it has ended up that way.
kautau@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah lol the mic is definitely always connected to Palantir on this bad boy
HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
New day, new grift.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Eeeewww! I have never seen anything tackier in my entire life, and I’m Balkan!