By Michael Woyton
And the grift — to no one’s surprise — continues.
The announcement that Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump champagne and many other Trump others will soon be joined by a new scam endeavor — a smartphone — was made Monday.
The Trump Organization, owned by President Donald J. Felon, said it will be releasing a smartphone called the T1 in August, CNBC reported.
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While the company said the phone will be “built in the United States,” experts said there is no way the gold-colored Android device that will retail for $499 was designed from scratch or will either be assembled in the states or completely manufactured domestically.
“That is completely impossible,” said Francisco Jeronimo, VP of International Data Corp.
He added that the phone will likely be produced by a Chinese original device manufacturer.
To my ears, there is definitely enough information about this latest grift to send up cautionary flares, but I’m sure there are plenty of eager magas out there willing to part with their hard-earned money.
Maybe they should take a look at the article Wired published Monday before pulling out their credit card to pre-order the phone.
Wired’s Brian Barrett admitted that they weren’t ready to provide many answers, but they do have “so many questions.”
One of the answers Wired did have was to the question “Can you get a refund?”
According to the terms of use, nope.
Buyer beware, indeed.
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