Trump Mobile says T1 Phones will begin shipping this week

(NEXSTAR) – Trump Mobile, the wireless phone carrier launched in part by President Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric, says the company’s long-delayed T1 Phones will begin shipping this week.

The company made the announcement Wednesday on Trump Mobile’s official social media accounts.

“The T1 Phone has arrived!!” reads a message posted to Trump Mobile’s Instagram and Facebook pages. “Those who pre-ordered the T1 Phone will be receiving an update email. Phones start shipping this week!!!”

A representative for the company’s customer care team, when reached by Nexstar on Wednesday, said she was aware the phones would ship soon, but could not provide any estimate on when customers could expect them to arrive.  

The phones were first made available for preorder in June 2025. They will be shipped in the order that those preorders were received, the customer care team said.

Trump Mobile’s T1 Phones were first previewed in an announcement from Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, in June 2025, with an initial shipping date of August 2025. But the phone’s release was delayed multiple times, and any official release date was nowhere to be found on recent versions of the Trump Mobile website.

The gold-colored phones were initially described as “proudly designed and built in the United States,” but any language specifying that the phone would be built in the U.S. disappeared shortly after the announcement, suggesting........

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