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    OK but isn’t HTC’s reputation pretty good? Or maybe used to be…

    So far I always heard the T1 would be some even cheaper no-brand from China.

    OTOH, it could still be exactly that - a no-name rip-off of the HTC U24 Pro. The article actually supports that: the boards are the same but not identical. Like somebody used the same plans, not the same factory.

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        I know 8yo phones that still receive updates.

        I wonder how the Trump phone will handle this. Not at all, I suspect.

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          Its not about that, its about this “new trump phone” being some old phone being sold as new

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            GSMArena lists it as being available on the market.

            The T1 is not exactly this device; from the article I get the impression it’s built from the same plans, but in a different factory.

            It’s fairly common for any smaller batches produced mobile devices to be a bit slow to develop & hit the market.

            It’s still a grift and a rip-off, but the phone having been on the market for just under 2 years is not the worst part.

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        I’m going back to an old LG phone after my current phone dies. There really has not been much real progress in hardware or software, more like loss of features and controls with new updates these days.

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        Does using the same plans imply using the same parts, e.g. the processor, which usually is the limiting factor for providing updates?

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      The article actually supports that: the boards are the same but not identical. Like somebody used the same plans, not the same factory.

      The article literally says:

      Digging deeper into the phone reveals more of the same. As in the same component shapes, the same component placement, the same screw placements, and even the same anti-tamper sticker placements. Do you know what else is likely to be the same? The factories that made these parts. The biggest clue? The mainboard itself.

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        OK I didn’t read that far. You must admit the pictures look like what in German is called baugleich - identical in construction, but not completely identical.