Trump may launch Trump-branded mobile phone and a wireless service that could compete with the likes of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
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Why do Americans feel the need to name state run shit with their own name?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 13:35 zuletzt editiert vonIt's not even state run he's just filling his pockets god damn
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If he actually launches a Trump phone service, it’s going to be a MVNO that just piggy backs off the main operators’ infrastructure. It’s not like he or his idiot sons are going to buy spectrum and build towers.
He wouldn’t really be competing with T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T. He’d be competing with Boost Mobile and companies like that.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 13:36 zuletzt editiert vonWasn't Starlink experimenting with phone calls? Could be a deal with Elon.
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 13:57 zuletzt editiert von
At this point anyone who buys Trump-branded shit get what's coming to them. Dude is the most notorious grifter in history.
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“Good morning and thanks for calling MAGA Mobile. Please listen to the options and make your selection for the best possible service. For Spanish, press 423 and wait for a knock on the door. For English, god bless Trump…”
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 14:26 zuletzt editiert vonWhy did I read this in an Indian accent?
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 14:53 zuletzt editiert von
Competitors severely penalized in 3...2...
The great wireless firewall of America.
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We've had former presidents sell their family peanut farms to avoid conflicts of interest
The carters felt that relinquishing the business to someone else’s care would separate them from these affairs and avoid the possibility of their financial holdings resembling any conflict of interest while President Carter was in office.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:09 zuletzt editiert vonBut Carter had honor.
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At this point anyone who buys Trump-branded shit get what's coming to them. Dude is the most notorious grifter in history.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:10 zuletzt editiert vonare you saying all my Trumpcoins, Trump NFTs, degrees from Trump university and deep frozen Trump steaks are worthless
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If he actually launches a Trump phone service, it’s going to be a MVNO that just piggy backs off the main operators’ infrastructure. It’s not like he or his idiot sons are going to buy spectrum and build towers.
He wouldn’t really be competing with T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T. He’d be competing with Boost Mobile and companies like that.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:18 zuletzt editiert vonYou're missing the point. The admin has full control over spectrum licensing. This means Trump could easily have the FCC just revoke all other spectrum licenses for cellphone comms, and just forcibly seize those towers. Don't look at it like it's going to operate like a corporation, because I promise you it won't.
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Sounds like a great way to surveil everyone.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:21 zuletzt editiert vonI've got bad news about your phone.
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:25 zuletzt editiert von
Who could forget the op-ed Carter wrote for The Onion.
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Wasn't Starlink experimenting with phone calls? Could be a deal with Elon.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:26 zuletzt editiert vonYeah, but I doubt they're close to having the capacity to offer full 5G service like a traditional carrier. I have T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom‘s US subsidiary) and they have a deal with Starlink but it’s (a) in beta and (b) limited in what you can do. Unless things have changed, even when it launches, it’ll be just LTE text and voice and you need a pretty modern phone.
So, it’s not like a drop in replacement for a land-based plan where you get internet and stuff. Plus, Trump and his kids aren’t going to do any of the hard work. Even before his presidency, “Trump” was just a licensing brand and now it’s a pretty shitty brand. It’s not like the family was running Trump Steaks and packing boxes for shipment or whatever.
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 15:48 zuletzt editiert von
First term Trump divested of most of his businesses, so this is even a departure for him
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Why did I read this in an Indian accent?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:04 zuletzt editiert von darkenfolk@sh.itjust.worksBecause you have a fetish for that very very hot Indian accent? (Indian accent)
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:06 zuletzt editiert von
The word “could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence
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“Good morning and thanks for calling MAGA Mobile. Please listen to the options and make your selection for the best possible service. For Spanish, press 423 and wait for a knock on the door. For English, god bless Trump…”
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:07 zuletzt editiert von... "For English, say 'God bless Trump' …”
Fixed that for you /s (... I really want off this apocalyptic ride)
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:15 zuletzt editiert von
He's just dangling it out there so one of the competitors buys his "business". He doesn't actually want to make anything. It's another grift in disguise.
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:21 zuletzt editiert von lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
It's going to be a cheap low-priority MVNO with deceptive wording to make it sound like its own independent network. Absolutely zero chance it'll be competitive in any way.
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 16:55 zuletzt editiert von
The picture I saw of it looks 100% like the standard practice of rebranding a terrible iPhone-like android device that could only be manufactured in China. Just take a look at “luxury” phones of the early 2020s. Absolutely 100% a scam by idiots for idiots.
Mkbhd: Escobar Phone
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Yeah, but I doubt they're close to having the capacity to offer full 5G service like a traditional carrier. I have T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom‘s US subsidiary) and they have a deal with Starlink but it’s (a) in beta and (b) limited in what you can do. Unless things have changed, even when it launches, it’ll be just LTE text and voice and you need a pretty modern phone.
So, it’s not like a drop in replacement for a land-based plan where you get internet and stuff. Plus, Trump and his kids aren’t going to do any of the hard work. Even before his presidency, “Trump” was just a licensing brand and now it’s a pretty shitty brand. It’s not like the family was running Trump Steaks and packing boxes for shipment or whatever.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 17:45 zuletzt editiert vonMakes sense.
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Compete with but will lease their service because there is no actual competition with a barrier to entry like national cell towers.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 17:54 zuletzt editiert vonUnless you run the country through executive orders.
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