Trump Mobile T1 Phone Is a Gold-Painted Two-Year-Old HTC U24 Pro

NBC News: The Trump Mobile T1 phone, originally marketed as “Made in the USA,” is nearly identical to the two-year-old HTC U24 Pro, a phone made by the Taiwanese company HTC using Chinese parts, according to a technical analysis the repair-guide and parts company iFixit conducted in partnership with NBC News. That report is paywalled, but NBC News’s five-minute video is on YouTube , and iFixit has a full teardown report of their own . The only thing that’s surprising is that the Trump T1 doesn’t cost much more than the HTC-branded one ($500 vs. $470 ). Link: nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/trump-mobile-t1-phone-nearly…