9 Urgent Questions About Trump Mobile and the Gold T1 Smartphone

On Monday morning, the Trump Organization announced that it would soon offer a new wireless service, Trump Mobile, and a golden $499 smartphone to go with it. None of it makes much sense.

To be clear, the Trumps would be far from the only celebrities to moonlight as mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, a pretty common practice where small carriers piggyback off of bigger networks under a different name. Even the SmartLess podcast guys have one. But the more you read about Trump’s cell plan and smartphone, the more confused you might get.

While we’re not prepared to provide many answers, we do have questions. So, so many questions. We’ve asked these of Trump Mobile as well, but haven’t yet heard back.

What exactly is the T1 Phone?

The Trump Mobile website advertises “the T1 phone” and lists ...