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Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
The Trump Organization has launched Trump Mobile and plans to release the T1, a smartphone that it says is "made in USA" at the same time that the iPhone 17 will launch. The problem is, the phone was made in China.
And that smartphone that the Trump organization claims is made in the US, is a cheap Chinese android device, that they are tripling the Amazon price of, slapping on new plastic, and calling it a day. The constant calls and pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump for Apple to make its iPhone in the United States are well documented. As AppleInsider has repeatedly discussed, Apple cannot easily bring manufacturing of the iPhone to the United States without significant expenditure, as well as years of planning with its many supply chain partners.
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