The Trump phone just got a $250 price hike
The Trump-branded T1 smartphone has seen a significant price increase from $499 to $749, despite no hardware upgrades. Critics argue the device is outdated, running on an old version of Android and lacking competitive performance compared to mainstream flagships.
Why it matters
The price hike highlights the questionable value proposition of niche political-branded consumer electronics that often lag behind industry standards.
Bad news if you didn’t lock in a Trump phone at launch: It now costs $749, a $250 increase on its price at launch. The T1 Phone itself hasn’t changed.
Trump Mobile didn’t announce the price increase, instead quietly changing its website overnight. This wasn’t a total surprise though, especially given the phone ships with an unexpectedly generous 512GB of storage and 12GB of RAM. When I spoke to two Trump Mobile executives earlier this year they called the $499 launch pricing “introductory,” and a few months later the website itself was changed to reflect that, calling it a “promotional price.” That wording is now gone.
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