Hahahahahahaha wow this is real
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I'm calling it, it won't come out. I just doubt it will happen.
If it does, it's a rebranded phone wrapped in fake gold leaf, like the Pablo Escobar phone. https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-phone-from-pablo-escobars-brother-is-just-a-galaxy-fold-covered-in
$47
Too high. Tello is $25 for Unlimited in the states and is also an MVNO, and not owned by fascists(at least not openly).
Not only is it survailance tech, not that a normal phone isn't, but it isn't competitive. More trash from the Trump Dump.
Is $47 considered a good deal in the states nowadays? Before I left (2015) I was paying about $80/month.
Now I'm in the Netherlands and I pay $7/month. I don't remember what my plan is but it's something like 8gb data and more minutes/SMS than I could ever use.
Cell/internet/TV plans are a total racket in the US.
Not really. I'm on Visible Wireless prepay and pay $25/month for unlimited data, including unlimited hotspot (rate limited at 5 mb/s on the hotspot).
If it's a post-pay plan, then it might be competitive, as the rates are around what you remember for those. Since they're talking about a $500 phone instead of "free with plan," I'm assuming it's prepaid where you have to buy the phone separately.
Edit: okay, read the article and it's prepaid. It's not a good value and is easily beat my several existing services.
Nah, I pay about $25 a month for unlimited talk, text, and 35 GB of high speed data before being dropped from priority. It helps its a MVNO, which is the term for companies that use the networks and infrastructure of the big 3 cellular telecomms without needing to physically maintain them.
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Yet another way for Russian daddy to send him money without anyone knowing.
There are numerous errors on the page, from a processor section that doesn’t list a processor
Shit-tier Mediatek. Calling it now.
Please, please, please, let everyone using it have the area code 666…
The Kushners went into billions in debt (paid off by Saudis) just to keep ownership of 666 5th Avenue in New York. They might be proud of that.
Trump likes to pitch crap to gullible fools.
"It's all computer"
I know a maga grandma that will probably buy into this.
Did anyone read the TOS and such? Holy shit! So many red flags.
Insert parody of Raffi’s banana phone here
New day, new grift.
Please God let some bug at the carrier level incessantly provision these T1s to a max of 1.5mbps because that would be so fucking funny.
That design looks like patent infringement to me
He's just a boy with a dream.
Just come out with the TeleScreen, and be done with it already.