<\/div> Almost a year since its announcement, and nine months after its planned launch,\u00a0the Trump phone<\/span><\/a><\/span> has finally arrived — albeit looking different to the one originally unveiled.<\/p>\n The Trump phone<\/span><\/a><\/span>, officially known as the Trump Mobile T1, arrived with us this week. CNET placed a preorder back with a $100 deposit back in June 2025, and it’s worth noting that Trump Mobile expedited our shipment so that we could review the T1. (It’s typical for a phone company to set aside review units for journalists, but Trump Mobile did not do this.)<\/p>\n Trump Mobile launched in June 2025 with a\u00a0$47.45-a-month mobile phone plan<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and it announced that the T1 would be made in the US and launch in August 2025. But when it became obvious that domestic large-scale smartphone manufacturing would not be possible, Trump Mobile dropped the\u00a0“made in the US” claim<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and delayed the launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n Last month, a redesigned\u00a0Trump Mobile website<\/a>\u00a0finally showcased a\u00a0new-looking T1 phone<\/span><\/a><\/span>, its\u00a0third redesign<\/span><\/a><\/span>. It followed Trump Mobile executives showing off a handset they said was a near-production version of the\u00a0T1 phone to The Verge<\/a>\u00a0in early February.\u00a0<\/p>\n