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"Freedom Phone" 2.0 much? 🧐

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[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 9 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Maybe it's a Samsung phone and a "Made in USA" sticker, shipped in as components and stuck together in the USA, thus fulfilling both "designed" and "made" in USA even though there are some foreign-made components (2). Then onshore those components bit by bit until the process is complete.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 8 hours ago

It’s a Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G sold for $169 lol.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mobile/

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Samsung

It absolutely won't be. Best case It'll be a white label from local Chinese brands like Oppo, worst case -- a no-name company selling 150$ phones on alibaba. I'd put my money on the latter, the margins will be much better.

Great scam for a washed up celebrity with a cult following.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

It’s a Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G sold for $169 lol.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mobile/

[–] DrakeAlbrecht@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

Option 2: Lie. When caught, lie about having lied.