TRUMP token down 5% as namesake handset begins shipping next week

Trump Mobile's T1 handset appears to beryllium a re-skinned HTC U24 with assembly done successful the U.S.

May 14, 2026, 4:52 a.m. 2 min read

The TRUMP token, the authoritative memecoin of U.S. President Donald Trump, is down 5%, according to CoinDesk marketplace data, arsenic Trump Mobile announced the agelong awaited T1 handset is acceptable to statesman shipments adjacent week.

As CoinDesk previously reported, neither the Trump Mobile task nor the President's memecoin has gone peculiarly well. Shipment dates for the handset person been repeatedly delayed — and lawsuit enactment is constricted — portion the TRUMP token is down astir 90%.

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Another question is, what precisely is the T1 Phone? Trump Mobile is simply a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and doesn't person the quality to plan and manufacture its ain handset. Instead, it has worked with an extracurricular institution to prime a handset and re-skin it to beryllium Trump themed. This benignant of arraignment is common; Solana re-skinned the Osom OV-1 for its archetypal Saga phone.

The Verge got its hands connected 1 of the T1 Phone handsets past month, and concluded that it "sure looks a batch similar an HTC U24", a handset that came retired successful 2024.

Exactly what institution is manufacturing the Trump telephone is unclear, arsenic neither HTC nor Trump Mobile would springiness an reply to The Verge. Trump Mobile has antecedently confirmed that its phones person last assembly successful the U.S. but originate overseas.

For buyers, the shipment update means the T1 whitethorn yet determination from governmental merch conception to shipped user product.

For TRUMP holders, the 5% driblet suggests the marketplace is treating the telephone little similar a catalyst and much similar different Trump-branded merchandise trying to beryllium determination is inactive request aft the archetypal question of hype.