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www.404media.co I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount Joseph Cox 4 - 5 minutes

On Monday the Trump Organization announced its own mobile service plan and the “T1 Phone,” a customized all-gold mobile phone that its creators say will be made in America.

I tried to pre-order the phone and pay the $100 downpayment, hoping to test the phone to see what apps come pre-installed, how secure it really is, and what components it includes when it comes out. The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.

“Trump Mobile is going to change the game, we’re building on the movement to put America first, and we will deliver the highest levels of quality and service. Our company is based right here in the United States because we know it’s what our customers want and deserve,” Donald Trump Jr., EVP of the Trump Organization, and obviously one of President Trump’s sons, said in a press release announcing Trump Mobile.

The announcement describes the T1 Phone as a “sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States for customers who expect the best from their mobile carrier.”

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On the Benny Show podcast Trump Jr. said the phone is for people who want a phone made in America that without the potential of a “backdoor made into the hardware that some of our adversaries may have installed in there.” Trump Jr. also said call centers for Trump Mobile will be in St. Louis, “so we’re keeping our data on shore.”

Various phone companies and projects have pushed the “made in America” aspect of their phones. One is the Liberty Phone from Purism. Building a device in America or ensuring the integrity of a phone’s supply chain can be exceptionally difficult for a smaller company, because many components may be made in China or other countries even if the device itself is assembled in the U.S. And ultimately, a company with no telecom or hardware experience selling a device like the T1 Phone is probably not going to have the expertise to build a more secure device than, say, Apple or Google with its own Pixel devices, which have massive teams updating the hardware and operating system and constantly hunting for threats against their devices and users.

The mobile carrier part of Trump Mobile appears to be a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), which is essentially a carrier that piggybacks off the technical infrastructure of the country’s other fully-fledged carriers like T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. The Trump Organization’s announcement says that “Trump Mobile will offer 5G service through all three major cellular carriers.”

The Trump family and organization continue to make lucrative deals based on the Trump name while President Trump is in power. Bloomberg found that since Trump’s reelection campaign, the name has powered more than $10 billion of real estate projects, $500 million in sales from one of his crypto ventures, and millions from stakes in other companies.

The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

After maybe pre-ordering my T1 Phone, the confirmation email said I could log into TrumpMobile.com to make changes to my account. I did that, changed my password as prompted, and then hit another error page. I have not been able to log into the site.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

NVME / M.2 to 6x SATA boards, cheap enough on AliExpress.

I have an x16 PCIE bifurcated to 4 m.2 slots so a theoretical 24 SATA ports. Only one adaptor currently but lots of room to grow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Cloudflared is such a nice feature, I have seperate tunnels for different services hosted on the one machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Depends on your ISP and where in the world you live.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah sorry should have listed that, they do require a NixOS installation.

Pick a DE for the installer, and if you want to change DE the installer will guide you through the process.

Then it will leave you with a config file and some man pages, it's a bit much at first but spend some time with it. In my eyes easily one of the better distros out there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

He will die to bladder cancer or renal failure if his consumption of K continues.

His k cramps must be wild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is your model covered by a NixOS module?

https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/lenovo/legion

Could give one of these a twirl and see if it fixes the issues you've been seeing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Could be a microwave proximity sensor, their like x-ray cat. Can see through wooden doors & can see criminals on the other side.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I use NixOS on all my machines, much less pain and suffering than I've had on other distros.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ahh man, I'd almost missed my appointment with the psych' recently. At least my new one is local and easy to schedule with, get along well and are happy to trial Dexies' (been on Ritalin for ~1yr)

Previously I could only find someone to prescribe me remotely, I'd spent ~10 months waiting for an appointment for the Psych' to quit that clinic. Waited another 6 months and landed a script.

For me it's been a significant improvement to my life, just took me until I was almost 40 to get diagnosed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not the face, not the face!

 

Plenty of nix'd config, nix-colors theming for most applications. I've only been using linux for around 6 months, NixOS has really clicked with me.

My config might be sub-optimal in areas, but its gone through some heavy changes since its inception.

 

May as well try to get a conversation started here.

Currently have a 13900KF under a D15, my first Intel DDR5 system.

Ram gearing has me a bit stumped, using a kit of F5-6400J3239G16GX2-TZ5RS on a MSI Z790I Wifi. Clocks looks to be stable under gear 2 however jumping to gear 1 I fail to post

My assumption is gear 1 would be better for latency however this is my first foray into DDR5.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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