We tore open the Trump phone — it was nearly the same as a Taiwanese device using Chinese parts

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A scanner, a microscope and an old-fashioned teardown of Trump Mobile’s T1 phone showed that it was almost identical to the HTC U24 Pro.

The insides of a Trump Mobile phone are nearly identical to a Taiwanese HTC device.Lumafield / iFixit

June 10, 2026, 10:11 PM EDT

By Brian Cheung and Maya Huter

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The Trump Mobile T1 phone, originally marketed as “Made in the USA,” is nearly identical to the two-year-old HTC U24 Pro, a phone made by the Taiwanese company HTC using Chinese parts, according to a technical analysis the repair-guide and parts company iFixit conducted in partnership with NBC News.

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