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I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like (www.cnet.com)
submitted 2 months ago by TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

spiffy

Security: As we previously posted, the Trump Mobile website suffered a potential data vulnerability, which might have exposed every customer who made an online account to buy this phone. It's also unclear how long anyone can safely use the Trump phone itself: while Samsung and Google offer seven years of Android OS and security updates for their phones, Trump Mobile hasn't said how many years of software updates the T1 will be receiving, if any.

[–] Staff@piefed.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's true Samsung updates their phones for 7 years. Maybe for the premium lines.

[–] warm@kbin.earth -1 points 2 months ago

Seems like they get at least 6.

https://endoflife.date/samsung-mobile

[–] mech@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

tl/dr: It's a rebranded 2-year-old midrange ~~Samsung~~ HTC with a shell most people describe as piss-colored, a US flag with only 11 stripes printed on it, a Trump wallpaper and Truth Social preinstalled.
And still only available to media representatives.

Pretty much exactly what any sane person expected.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Honestly I'm surprised there's even a device at all