The Trump Organization's newly-announced T1 smartphone will likely be made in China, experts said, despite claims the device will be manufactured in the U.S.
  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
    9·
    10 days ago

    Not to post a ref from that other site, but all the mobile nerds have yet to migrate. It’s a Schok Volt SV69 5G likely, rebranded. Retail $149. US company, Chinese fab. They’ll probably call it “made in the USA” for putting a plastic gold shell on it stateside.

    The backing carrier is T-Mobile, although it seems the backing MVNO provider is Liberty Wireless, which is a T-Mobile MVNO. (Virtual cell carrier powered by the backing network.) T-Mobile allowed Liberty, and via that, this one.

    For US-ians, it would be worth considering a carrier that isn’t based on T-Mobile the next time people are looking for cell plans. (In addition, T-Mobile is in bed with Muskrat Starlink for their mediocre sat-to-cell service, and also T-Mobile leveraged Mango’s first term to buy their way ahead of the competition in 5G spectrum.)

    • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      10 days ago

      Thanks for the information. I’m going to be shopping for a phone soon and I’ve been using Metro PCS. I guess I’ll be looking at other options.