Trump Organization The newly announced smartphone It is likely to be done in ChinaExperts say, despite the allegations that the device will be manufactured in the United States
The Mamluk President Donald TrumpThe company on Monday T1 announcedAnd a golden color device said he would sell it for $ 499. The smartphone will run GoogleAndroid operating system.
Trump says the phone “will be built in the United States” – but experts notice that the phone has been probably designed and will be manufactured by a Chinese company.
“There is no way the phone was designed from zero and there is no way that is collected in the United States or was fully manufactured in the United States,” Francisco Jeronimo, Vice President of the International Data Corp, told CNBC on Tuesday. “This is completely impossible.”
Jeronimo suggested that the phone is likely to be produced by the manufacturer of Chinese original devices, or ODM – a type of companies that desigate and manufacture products based on the specifications of another company.
“Although it was announced as an American phone, this device is likely to be produced at first by Chinese ODM,” said Blake Barskiki, an analyst at Counterpoint Research.
“The United States does not have local manufacturing capabilities available easily,” added Jeff Feldhack, research manager at Counterpoint Research.
The focus was on the manufacture of smartphones after Trump threatened the customs tariffs on the devices that were imported to the United States while they have not yet achieved, the US President poured a scrutiny over appleSupply chain, Urging the iPhone maker to manufacture the leading phone in the United States The call is part of a broader desire from Trump to see more electronics manufacturing in the United States
Many experts have noticed that the manufacture of iPhone devices in the United States would be almost impossible, and it will definitely be Raise the price of the product significantly. Moreover, obtaining widespread manufacturing from Earth in the United States will take several years.
The phone will need foreign components
Even if some manufacture of the device is made in the United States, smartphones supply chains are global, and the components of the phone come from several countries.
T1 Trump is not different. While no information has been revealed to certain components, the specifications can give a hint of what can be expected.
The device will have a 6.8 -inch AMOLED screen, a type of screen made by Samsung in South Korea. LG, another South Korean company, also produces the screen, as well as the Chinese company BOE.
For comparison, IPhone 16 Pro Max has 6.9 -inch Apple screen and starts from $ 1,199.
At a price point of $ 499, most likely, the smartphone will use a processor from Taiwanese company, which will be manufactured in Taiwan. If the device contains a file Qualcomm Chip instead, this is also possible to be made in Taiwan.
A 50-megapixel phone camera will require at the same time photo sensors-a market dominated by the Japanese Sony Smartphone Company. There are smaller players in China and other places.
The memory of the device is one of the areas that can use American technology, and perhaps from Micron,, Which manufactures its components in the United States but other players, such as Samsung, can be potential suppliers.
“Even when there is a local manufacturing available, the company will have to rely on the ingredients that are imported from outside the United States,” said Fieldhack at CounterPoint Research.
Trump did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request to comment on expert analysis.
