Painted? So not even as gold as the wrappers of chocolate coins?
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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Also has the wrong number of stripes on the flag.
Counting is hard.
Did people genuinely think they had created a bespoke bit of hardware? Wow.
That a bunch of idiots bought it to begin with should be telling enough.
Half of them are press. I’m starting to believe YouTubers are propping up obvious scams.
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Pablo Escobar phone 2 electric boogaloo.
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Everything time I hear about this phone, it just gets better and better.
Is it painted the same shade he uses on his face?
Laughing and banging the table.
That's not possible. Trump said there is no such thing as gold paint. That's why everything in the oval office is real gold.
I'm shocked that it's real.
Color me flabbergasted.
Flabbergasted is a perfect word for when they cover stuff in that cheap gold paint.
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Eh, it seems like a nothingburger TBH.
On the 2026 Scam Scale (TM), rebranding a 2024 phone as flipping it for $500 is… not even that high?
Gestures at Polymarket advertising on the White House lawn
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For some reason, I assumed it would at least be made of some kind of metal. I should have known better lol
Lol
Fully expected it to be recycled Boost Mobile, complete with the chirp.
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I feel like this was known for more than a year at this point.
Yeah, HTC, you know the company from Hawaii-Texas-California, good ol stuff made in the US, from fair payed american workers!!