The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.

I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.

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    Even as a ‘lets see what this grift is all about’…why the hell would anyone order this horseshit…beyond stupid.

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      Youtubers going for content.

      Conceptually, it’ll make one f of a collectors item one day there’s no way enough will sell to make them common.

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        In much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.

        As in, “You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They’re probably a white nationalist.”

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          Or you can spray paint your old iPhone with gold coloring, slap a Trump logo on it and sell it on ebay to some unsuspecting MAGA fan for $2,000.

          It’s not hard to copy Trump’s signature … you could throw that on the phone and charge $5,000 and tell everyone that you bought it at a MAGA rally where Trump signed it in 2024.

          If they can grift … we can all grift harder

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      …because the author is an investigative journalist?

      We all know it’s a scam, but it’s their job is to prove it. To prove it you have to (attempt to) buy it.

      I agree any actual people trying to buy it are morons.

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        It seems a lot of people have forgotten that proper journalism is more than repeating what someone tweets