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According to experts, a recently announced Trump’s smartphone will probably be made in China despite the claim that the device will be manufactured in the US
Monday owned by US President Donald Trump, Company Monday announced t1The device with a gold color, which, he said, will be sold for $ 499. The smartphone will launch Android Google.
The Trump organization says the phone will be “built in the US” – but experts note that the phone has been developed and will be manufactured by a Chinese firm.
“By no means developed a phone from scratch, and it is not possible to collect in the US or fully manufactured in the US,” Francisco Jeronimo said on Tuesday. “This is quite impossible.”
Jeronimo suggested that the phone would probably be made by the Chinese manufacturer of original devices (ODM) – a type of company that develops and produces products based on the specifications of another firm.
“Despite advertising as an American phone, it is likely that this device will be originally produced by Chinese ODM,” Blake Przesmitsky said on Monday, CounterPoint Research analyst.
Jeff Fieldhak, Director of Research Contropopoint Research, added that “the United States does not have local production opportunities easily”.
Smartphone production entered the focus after Trump threatened the tariff on devices that were imported into the US Applea chain of supplies, Calling an iPhone manufacturer to produce his flagship phone in the US The call is part of Trump’s broader desire to see how more electronics will be carried out in the US
Several experts noted that the production of iPhones in the US would be almost impossible and certainly would be Substantially increase the price of the product. In addition, it will take several years to receive large -scale production in the US.
Phone will need foreign components
Even if a device has been made in the US, smartphone supply networks are global and phones come from several countries.
T1 Trump organization is no different. Although no information was found on certain components, specifications can hint what to expect.
The device will have a 6.8-inch display of AMOLED, a kind of screen, which is mainly made by the South Korean firm Samsung. LG, another South Korean firm, also produces a screen, like the Chinese Boe firm.
For comparison, Apple, consisting of iPhone 16 Pro Max, has a 6.9-inch display and starts with $ 1199.
At the price of $ 499 T1, the smartphone is likely to use the processor from the Taiwanese company Mediatek, which will be produced in Taiwan. If the device contained Qualcomm CHIP instead must be done in Taiwan.
An advertising 50-megapixel phone camera will, meanwhile, are in demand for anthrashing chips, which is dominated by a Japanese Sony for smartphones. There are smaller players in China and other places.
A device memory is one sphere that can use American technology potentially MicronThe manufacturing components in the US, but other players, such as Samsung South Korea, can become potential suppliers.
“Even if there is local production, companies will have to rely on the components imported from the US borders,” said Fieldhack Research Research.
