Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs is one of the first people to receive the Trump Mobile T1 Phone – and one of the funniest to review it. The video below is quite long, but it goes into great detail in examining the hardware and software of the phone.
That said, the video actually starts with a 2-minute explanation of how email spam works because the Trump Mobile team had great difficulties in sending emails that don’t immediately get flagged by Gmail. And if you’re wondering whether you should get one, then we’ll just point out that the next 4 minutes of the video deal with all the difficulties Quinn had with just paying for the phone he pre-ordered. Apparently, you need a 47 Plan with Trump Mobile to order the phone.
Anyway, Snazzy Labs’ examination of the phone confirms the report from last week – the Trump Mobile T1 Phone is an HTC U24 Pro (a mid-ranger from 2024) with cosmetic modifications and one bigger change.
The Trump Mobile T1 Phone is a modified HTC U24 Pro
Here’s the thing, though – the phone isn’t actually that bad. It has a 6.8” 120Hz OLED display (1,080 x 2,346px) and is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. The battery has 5,000mAh capacity and supports 30W charging – this is the biggest departure from the HTC phone, which has a smaller but faster 4,600mAh battery with 60W charging.
The T1/U24 has a notification LED on the front, a 3.5mm headphone jack on top and a microSD slot. And it’s configured with 12GB of RAM and 512GB storage, which is quite good for a $500 phone in the age of the RAMpocalypse.
But if the first minutes of the video didn’t scare you off, then note that the optical fingerprint reader was broken – that may be an issue with that specific unit, of course. But also Google Messages seemed quite buggy, so neither the software nor the hardware is in a good place.
Here’s the biggest question, though – does the Trump Mobile T1 Phone spy on you? We won’t spoil that – click “play” on the video below to find out.
