Is the Trump Phone Real? It Might Just Be!

Where’s the Trump phone? The search continues, and we’re diving into it weekly. This time, I think I’ve uncovered an FCC listing for the phone, indicating it has received certification to launch in the US.

Last week, I reminded everyone that the Trump Mobile T1 Phone might not actually exist, despite the company showing me a device to sway my opinion. However, today brings a glimmer of hope for those holding out for the Trump phone: it seems to have been certified by the FCC.

The FCC listings for a smartphone named “T1” reveal that it underwent testing late last year and was granted certification in January. This aligns with what two Trump Mobile executives told me last month when I saw the phone, claiming it had already received the green light.

The documents in the listing are redacted, which is standard for public FCC records, so they don’t include any images or detailed specifications beyond support for Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E. Notably, they don’t mention Trump, Trump Mobile, or even the parent company Liberty Mobile, which is why it took me some time to track them down. Instead, the phone was submitted for testing by a different entity: Smart Gadgets Global, LLC. This connection gives me confidence that this is indeed the Trump phone.

Smart Gadgets Global’s website boasts “Top Quality Electronics created for ‘YOUR’ customer!” and claims to handle everything from product development to final packaging. However, the site is as outdated and riddled with errors as other Trump Mobile-related sites I’ve encountered, featuring an empty “Shop” section, a “Terms and Conditions” page that merely instructs on how to write terms, and a privacy policy that’s “coming soon.” There’s even a chatbot, but it couldn’t provide any information about the T1 Phone or the company’s operations.

While Smart Gadgets Global might be a new name, its CEO is familiar: Eric Thomas, one of the Trump Mobile executives I spoke with last month. To confirm it was the same Eric Thomas, I checked the FCC documents, which list an address in Ogden, Utah — the same address associated with construction and excavation businesses owned by the Eric Thomas I met. The only identifiable product on Smart Gadgets Global’s website is a health tracker branded Vmed Mobile, which appears to be made by Smart Gadgets Ltd., a Shenzhen-based company claiming to be a subsidiary of Vmedical, Inc., where Thomas is the CEO.

I reached out to Thomas and Trump Mobile, but neither responded. I also tried contacting Thomas through the Smart Gadgets Global email listed in the FCC documents, but received no reply. My attempts to call the number associated with Thomas on the FCC applications were also unsuccessful; after identifying myself, the call was abruptly cut off. I even reached out to Eurofins, the testing lab mentioned in some documents, but haven’t heard back. I checked in with T-Mobile again to see if they had completed their certification of the T1 Phone, but they declined to comment.

While FCC certification doesn’t guarantee the Trump phone will launch soon, it does suggest that Trump Mobile is at least making an effort to produce and release a phone. Whether they will actually pull it off remains to be seen.