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Why mention it? We all know it, and for his supporters it's a feature, not a bug.
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Why should there be? Everything this administration does is fraudulent and has conflict of interest. It's ok because they say it's okay. You are thinking more like when things were democratic perhaps?
"It's all computer"
I think this is a great idea. Will make it easy to identify which people I should never speak to again.
Trump really is trying to be hitler. He even invented his own “star of David” in the form of a phone.
Why do we need celebrity owned cell carriers? This article makes it sound like a bad thing Ryan Reynolds’s exited Mint, but at least the stars of arrested development still have a cell provider.
I mean WTF, I like that there is competition but what the fuck is wrong with us that we prefer celebrity endorsement to actual features, value, longevity, etc.
I know it’s a bigger question than what I’m asking but this is all part of the rot that our economy is experiencing. All vibes, all promises, all scams, this country runs on nothing but grift.
There's no way this isn't an attempt to wiretap people
The 'smart' phones in everybody's pockets already are. Kind of, more or less.
Well perhaps the intention wasn't to wiretap everybody, but it has ended up that way.
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Anyone who pays for this deserves to get scammed
Feels like the Escobar phone
It's definitely going to be the Escobar Phone all over again. Anyone who accidentally receives one will get a foil-wrapped $150 Huawei handset with a preinstalled background image.
Huawei? I think you're giving them too much credit, haha. I'd guess it's likely to be some unknown, no-name garbage, like you'd get from Wish or Ali-Express (or similar) for dirt cheap.
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This a is the funniest shit I’ve seen all year. Holy hell, how is this not the onion?!
It amazes me the sane half (third?) of the US hasn't overthrown this government yet. Or have they fled to North Korea where things are much better?
At least this will make it easier to identify douchebags
Easier than spotting the Cybertrucks?
Depends on which one breaks faster
Ooh, good point. Well, they're both going to ship from the factory in nonworking condition, so that'll be tough to tell.
Bets its not made in America? lol
100% guaranteed. The US does not have the manufacturing infrastructure for such products as a result of half a century of off-shoring to avoid organized labor.
I'll bet every dollar I have. Literally no one makes phones in America. It would take a giant company like Apple or Google billions of dollars and a decade of construction and education/recruiting, then they'd have to sell them for a competitive price out of the kindness of their hearts, because there's no financial motivation.
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It's going to be utter shite
Never gonna happen. Its a grift. See how you have to give them 100 dollars down now, get phone at later date,( to be announced) It's a scam. Says phones are made in America. We don't make phones here and all experts say it would take years to do so if we tried.
There are numerous errors on the page, from a processor section that doesn’t list a processor
Shit-tier Mediatek. Calling it now.
Hahahahahahaha wow this is real
Yet another way for Russian daddy to send him money without anyone knowing.
Please, please, please, let everyone using it have the area code 666…
The Kushners went into billions in debt (paid off by Saudis) just to keep ownership of 666 5th Avenue in New York. They might be proud of that.
Insert parody of Raffi’s banana phone here
Trump likes to pitch crap to gullible fools.