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The newly announced smartphone of the Trump organization will probably be made in China, according to experts, despite the assertions that the device will be made in the United States
Property of the American president Donald TrumpSociety on Monday announced the T1A golden apparatus which, according to him, would be sold at $ 499. The smartphone will work GoogleAndroid operating system.
The Trump organization indicates that the phone will be “built in the United States” – but experts note that the phone has probably been designed and would be manufactured by a Chinese company.
“There is no way that the phone was designed from zero and there is no way to be assembled in the United States or completely manufactured in the United States,” said Francisco Jeronimo, vice-president of International Data Corp on Tuesday. “It’s completely impossible.”
Jeronimo suggested that the phone would probably be produced by a manufacturer of peripherals of Chinese origin, or ODM – a type of business that designs and manufactures products according to the specifications of another company.
“Although it was announced as an American manufacturing phone, it is likely that this device will initially be produced by a Chinese ODM,” said Blake Przesmicki, analyst at Counterpoint Research on Monday.
Jeff Fieldhack, director of research at Counterpoint Research, added that “the United States has no easily available local manufacturing capacities”.
The manufacture of smartphones was developed after Trump threatened prices on devices imported into the United States when they have not yet materialized, the American president examined Applesupply chain, Undering the iPhone manufacturer to manufacture its flagship handset in the United States The call is part of a broader desire for Trump to see more electronics manufacturing being undertaken in the United States
Several experts have noted that the manufacture of iphones in the United States would be almost impossible and would certainly be considerably increase the price of the product. In addition to this, the United States’s large-scale manufacturing would take several years.
The phone will need foreign components
Even if a certain manufacturing of the device has been carried out in the United States, the supply chains of smartphones are global and the combined components come from several countries.
The T1 T1 is no different. Although no information has been revealed on specific components, the specifications could give an index of what to expect.
The device will have a 6.8-inch Amoled screen, a kind of screen mainly manufactured by the South Korean Samsung company. LG, another South Korean company, also produces the screen, as is the Chinese company Boe.
For comparison, Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max has a 6.9 -inch screen and starts at $ 1,199.
At the price of $ 499 of T1, the smartphone will probably use a processor of the Taiwanese company Mediatek, which would be manufactured in Taiwan. If the device were to contain a Qualcomm Chip instead, it should also be made in Taiwan.
The 50 -megapixel camera announced by the phone will require image detection chips in the meantime – a market dominated by the Japanese company Sony for smartphones. There are smaller players in China and elsewhere.
Device memory is a field that could use American technology, potentially from Micronwhich manufactures its components in the United States, but other players, like Samsung, could be potential suppliers.
“Even in the event of local manufacturing available, the company will have to rely on components imported from the outside of the United States,” said Fieldhack de Counterpoint Research.
