cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTeardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Prowww.ifixit.comexternal-linkmessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up11.02K cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up11.02Kexternal-linkTeardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Prowww.ifixit.comcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square125fedilink cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·2 months agoSo it’s a recoloured 2024 phone from China with a slightly larger battery from the Philippines that can’t charge as fast.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 months agoi bet that’s the “assembled in the usa” bit. putting the battery in the phone
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoOr putting the phone in the box with the charger and manual.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI guarantee there is no manual. Trump fans don’t know how to read.
minus-squareGeologist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s for sure that’s all they’re doing. Motorola and Google made a big deal about building a factory to do actual assembly in North Texas, and it still failed within a year. If HTC/ trump were doing anything close to that they’d be screaming it from the hilltops.
minus-squareLordWarfire@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoYes they are but they don’t make their phones anymore, they use ODMs in China and the article says the battery was made in the Philippines.
So it’s a recoloured 2024 phone from China with a slightly larger battery from the Philippines that can’t charge as fast.
i bet that’s the “assembled in the usa” bit. putting the battery in the phone
Or putting the phone in the box with the charger and manual.
I guarantee there is no manual.
Trump fans don’t know how to read.
It’s for sure that’s all they’re doing.
Motorola and Google made a big deal about building a factory to do actual assembly in North Texas, and it still failed within a year.
If HTC/ trump were doing anything close to that they’d be screaming it from the hilltops.
Isn’t HTC Taiwanese?
Yes they are but they don’t make their phones anymore, they use ODMs in China and the article says the battery was made in the Philippines.