Categories: The Verge

Democrats ask how Trump’s government will regulate Trump Mobile

This is still apparently what the phone looks like, even though its specs keep changing.

When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all goes according to plan), US regulators will face what’s become a recurring conundrum in Donald Trump’s presidency: how to regulate a product with ties to the head of state.

Six Democratic lawmakers are confronting key federal agencies with that very question in a letter shared exclusively with The Verge. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the lawmakers ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the departments of Commerce and Treasury, and US Trade Representative’s (USTR …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Could the Trump Phone be a good phone?

We have long had our doubts about the Trump Phone. Since its very first debut, the device - technically called the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 - has seemed utterly impossible to execute as advertised. The Trump Mobile team has also spent the last eight months rapidly moving the goalposts,…

February 10, 2026

In "The Verge"

The Trump phone was a no-show at the world’s biggest mobile show

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, we tried, and failed, to find it at the world's biggest mobile trade show. This week Barcelona was taken over by the tech…

March 6, 2026

In "The Verge"

This is the Trump Phone

This is the final(ish) design of the T1 Phone, though it’s going to lose the T1 logo. | Screenshot: Dominic Preston / The Verge Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This…

February 6, 2026

In "The Verge"

rssfeeds-admin