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Trump Mobile’s origins lie with a Mexican middleweight boxer

Dominic Preston

created: Feb. 13, 2026, 4:50 p.m. | updated: Feb. 14, 2026, 12:59 p.m.

Trump Mobile may bear the US president’s name, but he didn’t come up with the idea, and neither did any Trump. Unlike the Trump phone, the Canelo devices were nondescript, with no Canelo branding on the hardware itself. Just like Trump Mobile, every element of Canelo Mobile’s cell service was powered by Liberty Mobile — Hendrickson tells me that Liberty is “umbilically connected” to Trump Mobile, even if that connection is slightly opaque to prospective customers. Canelo Mobile was cheaper than Trump Mobile, even accounting for inflation. “For us it’s about honoring that brand, honoring that legacy of quality and integrity.”Got inside information on Trump Mobile or the Trump phone?

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