Donald Trump's business venture, a $499 'patriotic' smartphone called 'Trump Mobile', is under scrutiny in the US after tech outlets and social media users flagged what they term a fake, AI-generated American flag on its branding and drew alleged similarities to a cheap Chinese handset.
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr pushed out a glossy video on Wednesday claiming that customers who had placed $100 deposits would finally begin receiving their T1 phones, with shipments supposedly starting 'this week.' That promise followed months of missed deadlines. Launch dates have slipped from August last year to October, and then again to May, fuelling persistent doubts about whether the phone even exists in meaningful numbers.
