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Trump Mobile One Year Later: What Happened to the T1 Phone and $47.45 Plan

Trump Family Enters Telecom Industry with ‘Trump Mobile’

Trump Mobile entered the U.S. wireless market in June 2025 with a politically branded $47.45 monthly service plan and a $499 gold-colored smartphone promoted around American manufacturing. Nearly a year later, the wireless service remained available and the long-delayed T1 Phone finally began shipping, but several elements of the original pitch had changed. The T1 … Read more