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Trump Mobile's T1 Phone Flag Fiasco: 11 Stripes, 9 Stripes, and a Lot of Questions

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Trump Mobile's T1 Phone launch is marred by a design error: the US flag on the back has 11 stripes instead of 13, with inconsistencies across promotional materials, raising doubts about the company's readiness to ship phones.

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