The Trump phone sure looks a lot like this HTC handset
TL;DR
The article suggests the Trump phone's design is strikingly similar to the HTC U24 Pro, based on a reader tip. It notes ongoing speculation about the phone's origins and lack of recent updates from the manufacturer.
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, and have stopped getting a response. This week, thanks to a reader tip, we think we've found the original phone the T1 is based on.
A long time ago, back when the Trump phone was but a single, inaccurate render and a contradictory spec sheet, we tried to figure out what other phone it might be based on. Now, eight months, two spec overhauls, and one redesign later, I have a good guess: the HTC U24 Pro.
I didn't spot this by myself. A reader first tipped me off to the similarities between the U24 …