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TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like

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I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like

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TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Trump Mobile Phone Review: My Long Weekend With The Golden T1
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CNET has the Trump phone, and we put it through its paces over the long weekend to see how it matches up with other foreign-made phones.
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    tl/dr: It’s a rebranded 2-year-old midrange Samsung HTC with a shell most people describe as piss-colored, a US flag with only 11 stripes printed on it, a Trump wallpaper and Truth Social preinstalled.
    And still only available to media representatives.

    Pretty much exactly what any sane person expected.

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      Reminds me of a scam by the son(?) of Pablo Escobar a while back where they sold the ““Escobar”” Fold (which was obviously just a Samsung Galaxy Fold 1) for $200 or something ridiculously low like that.

      Of course it sold out within minutes but the only ones that ever received their phones were influencers.

      Edit: Actually looks like it’s an HTC

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        Oh, shit, i remember that clusterfuck. Wasn’t it also with something something blockchain/web3?

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          I think they tried to make their own crypto currency

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      Honestly I’m surprised there’s even a device at all

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      It’s a re-branded 2-year-old midrange Samsung

      HTC https://www.ifixit.com/News/117461/the-trump-phone-looks-suspiciously-like-a-htc-u24-pro

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        Thanks, corrected it.

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        This blew me away. I had HTC U11 and after that google or whoever it was bought out much of their talent and their next phones were garbage. I assumed the company died, but nope

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      So… The media bought into another Trump trap.

      Color me shocked at 6.

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