Trump’s $499 smartphone will likely be made in China

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Jun 18, 2025

“Despite being advertised as an American-made phone, it is likely that this device will be initially produced by a Chinese ODM,” Blake Przesmicki, an analyst at Counterpoint Research, said in a note Monday.

Jeff Fieldhack, research director at Counterpoint Research, added that “the U.S. does not have local manufacturing capabilities readily available.”

“Even when there is local manufacturing available the company will have to rely on components that are being imported from outside the U.S.,” Counterpoint Research’s Fieldhack said. Read more

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Jun 18, 2025

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