The much-awaited T1 phone that was announced by President Donald Trump’s family business in June 2025 has yet to hit the market. Described as having an “American-Proud Design” by its official website, the gold-colored $499 phone has consistently missed a host of previous release dates. The Trump Organization has yet to share any definitive update regarding the launch of the device, despite multiple delays and several customers having already paid $100 to pre-order the phone.
Customers have not ‘received’ not Donald Trump’s T1 phone yet, claim suggests
Donald Trump’s T1 phone has once again missed its release date deadline. Announced back in June 2025, the Trump-backed organization selling the phone initially promised to launch it sometime between August and September 2025. However, the scheduled release date went by quietly without Trump Mobile issuing any update about the delay. Instead, the company simply updated its official website, stating that the T1 phone will come out later in the year.
The company continued to allow customers to pre-book the phone for $100. According to X (formerly Twitter) user @Bricktop_NAFO, as many as 590,000 buyers have already placed their orders for Trump’s T1 phone, with none of them receiving their orders as of yet.
Analysts have theorized that the delay could be due to the US’s restricted supply chain policies, among other logistical issues, that make it close to impossible for companies to make a viable smartphone in the US while keeping the price under $1000, as per AP News. Notably, Trump Mobile initially claimed that the T1 phone would be “proudly designed and built in the United States,” before removing this statement from promotions.
A 2025 Financial Times report revealed that Trump Mobile’s customer service team had cited the recent US government shutdown as the reason behind the T1 phone’s delay. International Data Corp. analyst Francisco Jeronimo explained the anomaly by saying, “We have always been quite skeptical about this phone. They are probably finding that it is harder to build a phone than they thought it would be. Let’s see if this thing comes to life or not.”
At the time of writing, it remains unclear when the golden T1 phone will be released.
