Trump Phone unmasked as a ‘gold-painted HTC U24 Pro’ in iFixit teardown — with little sign of the built-in ‘American values’

• iFixit has done a teardown of the T1 by Trump Mobile
• They’ve discovered that it’s almost identical to the HTC U24 Pro from 2024
• The main differences are minor cosmetic changes, along with a slightly larger battery

One of the key selling points of the Trump Phone — or the T1 by Trump Mobile, to give it its official name — is its “American values”, with the official store page mentioning that phrase along with “American innovation”, “American-proud design”, and calling it a “proudly American” product. But you probably won’t be surprised to learn that there’s seemingly little of that American-ness in the phone itself.

You see, iFixit has finally got hold of a T1 handset and conducted a teardown, learning in the process that the phone is almost identical to the HTC U24 Pro — a 2024 handset from a Taiwanese brand that was seemingly produced in China.