Experts have suspected the claim of Trump organization that its proposed smartphone can be made from all-American components.

An industry analyst told the BBC that it would be “almost impossible” for gold -colored handsets – which would be retail to $ 499 (£ 367.50) to be manufactured in the United States.

Questions have also been raised about what is the latest in a series of attempts to capitalize on the name of President Donald Trump.

“It is incredible that the Trump family has created another way for President Trump personally benefit from personnel,” said Meghan Faulkner, Director of Communications for Citizens in Washington, said.

The phone will also come with a mobile phone service with a monthly fee of $ 47.45.

This figure references Trump as Trump’s 47th and 45th President.

Trump has said that he has placed his business interests in a trust, which is managed by his children. The White House has retained that it works in the interests of all Americans.

But Ms. Falkner said that the latest enterprise raised familiar issues, including whether the new business would win customers from people expecting to influence Trump and how will the President prepare policies and regulation for an industry in which his family now has a stake.

The Trump family has not said which company will manufacture its phone in the United States.

“Finally, all phones can be made in the United States,” Eric Trump said on the “Beni Show” podcast on Monday – suggesting the phone released in August, cannot be completely built within the country.

Technology experts have questioned what the Trump organization’s “built in the United States” claims about their handsets and argued that it is not possible to build a smartphone from scratch in the US.

“He also does not have a working prototype. It is not very likely,” Prof. Tinglong Dai said, who teaches operations management at Johns Hopkins’ Carry Business School.

“You will have a miracle. You will need the economies of the scale. You will need a permanent demand for such a product,” said Pro Dai.

This decision comes when Trump tries to pressurize Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook for the manufacture of iPhones sold to American buyers in America.

Last month, the President threatened to “minimize” 25% on iPhones manufactured in the US.

CCS Insight analyst Leo Gabi said in the US currently “is not the high-technical supply chain required for the smartphone assembly”, not especially at the time of release in August, as the Trump organization has said.

“However, it is possible that the device can be assembled with imported parts from abroad in the US. This may be the most likely result that allows T1 to claim American sovereignty,” Mr. Gabi said.

The announcement was light on details, including the name of the business partner who would run the service and license the name.

The Trump Organization did not immediately answer the BBC questions about its business partner, a request for criticisms about potential morality issues and a description of its “claimed” claim.

Announcing his plans, it has been said that “a hard -working American is worth a wireless service that is cheap, reflects their values, and provides reliable quality that they can trust”.

This picked the “concession” international call policy for families with members serving outside the US in the army.

The announcement states that mobile service will have customer support employees in the US, who will be to answer questions, as well as a gold colored phone, which is currently available for pre-order.

The deal is an expansion of a commercial strategy, which Trump embraced long before his president, in exchange for fees and royalty, a deal for selling his name to hotelier and golf course operators.

But since entering politics a decade ago, his brand has increased profit opportunities.

In his most recent financial disclosure, Trump reported to make more than $ 600m last year, with millions of sneakers, sneakers and fragrances.

In March, Forbes estimated that his total assets were $ 5.1BN, more than doubled a year ago.

It said that this bounce was due to the part of the President’s “Diadard Follow”, which is credited with helping Trump’s social media company to increase the value, which runs a Truth social platform, which was about half the money last year.

The idea of ​​a smartphone related to Trump has received mixed response online with some people, who are ready to buy it and others are making fun of the concept.

“Where do I have to wait in line to buy a new trump phone?” An X user wrote.

Others have made fun of the design, and have made fun of the man’s phone habits, asked if the new hands will be in all the big letters on the new handset.

The mobile phone market in the US is currently dominated by three major players: AT & T, Verizon and T-Mobiles, which provide all phone services that begin at less than $ 40 per month.

By offering low prices or analogous plans, there is also an increasing number of small firms paying to use those networks to target the top customers’ top groups.

The largest of those companies, known as mobile virtual network providers, are less than 10 million customers, according to the 2024 report by the Federal Communications Commission.

Mint Mobile, supported by Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds, was sold to T-Mobile in $ 1.35BN in 2023. At that time, an analyst estimated that the service had about two to three million customers.

The actor had a 25% stake in the business, giving him a potential payment of about $ 300m.