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      Yeah, if they’re not lying it will be the worse phone ever made. The US-made Purism Liberty is $2000 and has similar specs to the Asia-made, $800 Librem 5, which is already overpriced compared to Android devices.

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        You are not joking. Comparing a $2000 Purism Liberty with eg. a $200 HMD Fusion. The Fusion has somewhat better screen and battery; much better processor and camera. More RAM, the option of more storage, has NFC. It’s also designed to be easy-to-maintain, but is somewhat thinner and lighter despite having a larger screen area. Are ‘made in USA’ and ‘open-source drivers’ worth paying 10x as much for a noticeably worse phone? (It’s not really ‘made in USA’ either - it’s a mix of US, Chinese and Indian parts assembled in the USA.)

        I think that the people who believe a US-made iPhone will also cost $2k are kidding themselves - economy of scale and all that, but it must be substantially more.

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    Looking at the webpage, it’s obviously a 100% Chinese product licensing the Trump name.

    There are numerous errors on the page, from a processor section that doesn’t list a processor, RAM that’s described as storage, and the boast of a “5000mAh long life camera,” when it presumably means the battery.

    If you ever thought the Trumps weren’t grifters, this should clear it up:

    “Trump Mobile is going to revolutionize cellphones, mobile calling,” Eric Trump told Fox News

    There’s absolutely nothing revolutionary here. It’s a cheap Chinese phone in a tacky case and an overpriced very-not-new MVNO phone service.

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      That’s all he’s ever done. License his name. Trump steaks. Trump water. Trump University. List goes on

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    12 days ago

    Is this

    Phone service under the direct control of the President of the United States of America 🦋

    Small government?

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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 mention it? Because the media has a DUTY to call out a corrupt government! Because they’re not doing their job!

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    You’re fucking shitting me. I refuse to believe that’s reality and you can’t convince me otherwise.

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      Looks like standard MVNO offerings (mint, boost, cricket, fi). $47+tax for talk, text, and data. Though it does look more expensive than others.

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    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.

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    Is $47 considered a good deal in the states nowadays? Before I left (2015) I was paying about $80/month.

    Now I’m in the Netherlands and I pay $7/month. I don’t remember what my plan is but it’s something like 8gb data and more minutes/SMS than I could ever use.

    Cell/internet/TV plans are a total racket in the US.

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      I pay for a year at once, so I only pay $15 per month for unlimited talk/text and 5 GB of mobile data. Mint is the carrier I use

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      Nah, I pay about $25 a month for unlimited talk, text, and 35 GB of high speed data before being dropped from priority. It helps its a MVNO, which is the term for companies that use the networks and infrastructure of the big 3 cellular telecomms without needing to physically maintain them.