Menu

Post image 1
Post image 2
Post image 3
Post image 4
Post image 5
Post image 6
Post image 7
Post image 8
Post image 9
1 / 9
0

We just got a new reason to believe the Trump phone is real(ish)

The Verge·Dominic Preston·about 1 month ago
#YX9njHxN
#phone#certification#mobile#trump#ptcrb#photo
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week . We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. This time we’ve discovered a little more evidence that the phone is on its way to a release. Trump Mobile’s T1 Phone has just passed another milestone on its slow road to release. The phone has received the little-known PTCRB certification, a first step toward being certified to work on major networks and be issued with IMEI numbers. You probably haven’t heard of PTCRB certification — I hadn’t until recently. It doesn’t come up very often. It’s the North American certification process for smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices, administered by the CTIA trade association. So far, so dull — but it’s essentially a requirement for any phone launching in the US. So the fact that the Trump phone has received the certification is another small sign that there might be a real phone at the end of all this. Or at least, I think it’s been certified.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More