Move over T-Mobile. Here comes Trump Mobile.
The Trump Organization — led by the president’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. — launched a wireless service and plans to release a “sleek, gold smartphone” that is made in the US, the family-owned company announced at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Monday.
Trump Mobile’s T1 smartphone — expected to sell for $499 when it’s released in August — will run on the Android operating system, according to its website.
The gilded phone will come with a 6.8-inch screen, 16-megapixel selfie camera and 50-megapixel main camera. It also includes 12 gigabytes of RAM and 246 gigabytes of internal storage.
The back of the phone American flag etched underneath a giant “T” and smaller “1.”
The “manufacturing for the new phone will be in Alabama, California and Florida,” a spokesman for the Trump Organization told the Wall Street Journal.
The push for US-made smartphones comes as President Trump’s tariffs put pressure on iPhone maker Apple to shift production to the US.
The Trump Mobile wireless service will be priced at $47.45 a month plan – a reference to Trump as the 45th and 47th president – that includes unlimited talk, text and data, as well as roadside assistance and telehealth services, according to the website.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump will oversee the venture, which touts itself as “the only mobile service aligned with your values and built on reliability, freedom, and American pride.”
Some key details about the venture, including those about the family’s partner in the business and financial terms of their licensing deal, were not immediately disclosed.
“We are going to be introducing an entire package of products where people can come and they can get telemedicine on their phones for one flat monthly fee, roadside assistance on their cars, unlimited texting to 100 countries around the world,” Donald Trump Jr. said.
Trump Mobile will work with most major phones and offers the same coverage as the three main nationwide phone service carriers, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, the company said.
The Trump Organization has licensed everything from Trump Bibles to diamond-encrusted watches and gold high-top sneakers.
The family has been taking heat for making money from the licensing agreements while Trump is in office.
In financial disclosures on Friday, President Trump reported more than $57 million in income from his family-linked cryptocurrency venture, as well as approximately $8 million from various licensing agreements.
“Needless to say, it is quite unprecedented for a sitting president’s name to be attached to a commercial mainstream service that is regulated,” a Barclays analyst told Reuters.
The president has previously said he is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the family business.
Trump Mobile’s $47 plan is more expensive than some other budget-friendly options, like Verizon’s Visible, which sells unlimited talk, text, data and hotspot for $25 a month. Mint Mobile offers a similar 12-month plan that costs $30 monthly.
The upcoming launch comes as Trump-nominated Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr takes aim at major cell operators.
Carr has threatened to kill pending mergers for T-Mobile and Verizon if they don’t revoke their diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
With Post wires
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