<ul class="summary-list"><li>Conservative figures are excited for the Freedom Phone, which promises to be 'uncensorable.'</li><li>But the $500 phone looks to be a much marked-up handset from a budget Chinese brand.</li></ul>The launch of an "uncensorable" smartphone aimed at US conservatives is being hyped by Trumpworld figures such as Candace Owens and Jack Posobiec - but it may not be all it's cracked up to be. The $500 Freedom Phone targets users concerned about big tech censorship and freedom of speech. It comes pre-loaded with apps like Parler, Rumble and Newsxmax's app, as well as a privacy guard.Despite the price tag, the phone appears to be a reworking of Chinese handsets available for as little as $119, per several reports.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-ERIK FINMAN (@erikfinman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1415328529034715141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2021</a></blockquote>The phone has gained <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1415423874087464965">enthusiastic endorsements</a> from across the MAGAsphere - from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-retweets-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-jack-posobiec-charlottesville-2017-8">Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec</a> to "Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander, who was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-banned-twitter-paypal-venmo-2021-1">banned from Twitter</a> following the January 6 Capitol riot. Candace Owens tweeted that she is a "proud partner" of the product, adding a promotional code. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1415426938794123269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2021</a></blockquote><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-worlds-freedom-phone-actually-budget-chinese-phone?ref=scroll">But as The Daily Beast reported,</a> the handset is from budget Chinese brand Umidigi, and comes with a hefty mark-up. Finman confirmed the Umidigi origins, but was unable to tell The Beast which of its models the Freedom Phone uses.Matthew Hickey, co-founder of the cybersecurity firm Hacker House, <a href="https://www.dailydot.com/debug/freedom-phone-security-issues/">told the Daily Dot</a> that the phone is most likely a rebranded version of Umidigi's A9 Pro, an Android-based phone that retails for $133, and can be found for as little as <a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001468394552.html">$119</a>. Umidigi's most expensive model, the Bison Pro - normally priced at $299 on <a href="https://www.umidigi.com/">the company's website</a>, and as little as $190 <a href="https://bigupgadgets.com/uk/umidigi-bison-rugged-phone-6gb-128gb-ip68-ip69k-waterproof-dustproof-shockproof-quad-back-cameras-5000mah-battery-fingerprint-identification-06-mph1516e.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw3MSHBhB3EiwAxcaEu-TNE5EBAKMmNrO_XOjDD6-0qH3w8dgfRDcPAor37XS9mCKRn7_ByhoCy0QQAvD_BwE">elsewhere</a> - does not resemble the Freedom Phone's promotional images, suggesting that the model is from the lower end.The phone "can be bought and shipped in bulk from Asia with custom logos and branding so as to give the appearance of a phone that has been designed for a unique purpose," Hickey said.Asked what justifies the markup to $500, Finman told the Beast that the phone had customized hardware and improved memory, but gave no specifics.As of Friday, no detailed specifications for the phone appear on the Freedom Phone's website. Hickey also told the Daily Dot that Umidgi <keyword id="10833" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Phones">phones</keyword> have poor security - exactly the opposite of what the Freedom Phone touts - because of its use of chips made by the Taiwanese firm MediaTek.In response, a Freedom Phone spokesperson told Insider: "the chip exploit does not apply to us because we do not use that chip." They did not immediately address other claims about the phone."The Freedom Phone makes a lot of promises and it remains to be seen if it can deliver on them," <a href="https://screenrant.com/freedom-phone-benefits-features-security-privacy-uncensored-apps-explained/">wrote tech review site ScreenRant</a>, which has not yet got hold of the phone itself. The product is due to ship later this year.The might of big <keyword id="6355118" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="technology">technology</keyword> corporations <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-states-punish-big-tech-if-silence-conservatives-2021-2">is a major preoccupation</a> of conservative politicians and media figures, most notably after former President Donald Trump was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspended-president-donald-trumps-account-permanently-2021-1">permanently banned from Twitter</a> following the January 6 Capitol riots. Conservative figures frequently complain that rightwing users are more often targeted by big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google - despite the fact that Facebook's most popular pages are often rightwing, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-right-wing-echo-chamber-data-executive-pushback-2021-7">as Insider's Ben Gilbert reported</a>.

Trump fans like Candace Owens and Jack Posobiec are hyping the $500 Freedom Phone, which appears to be a cheap Chinese handset with a big markup

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5534f340ecad044f2ceeb555-985-738/banker-fired-margin-call-layoffs-16.png" alt="banker fired margin call layoffs" border="0">Margin Call screenshot</img></div></div></div>Wall Street's six biggest banks have cut nearly 80,000 jobs over the past 5 years, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-20/here-s-who-s-hiring-and-firing-on-wall-street">according to Bloomberg</a>.The majority of the cuts have come from Bank of America. That's over both the past 5 years and the past 12 months, as well as in the first quarter of 2015.Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley added jobs in the first quarter of 2015, but 4,000 jobs were still cut across Wall Street last quarter.Bloomberg looked at data from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Bank of America. Over the past 5 years, JPMorgan has added the most jobs.While the layoffs may look like a sign of weakness at the banks, remember that bank stocks are up, earnings reports were strong last quarter, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inequality-is-on-the-rise-even-if-wall-st-ceos-only-make-124x-the-average-banker-2015-4">CEOs are still happily earning some 124x their average bankers</a>.The majority of the cuts have come in the banks' fixed income, currencies, and commodities divisions, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-where-wall-street-is-hiring-and-firing-in-2015-2015-4">according to eFinancial Career's Paul Clarke</a>. Going forward, the technlogy and risk management and compliance divisions are expected to add the most jobs, Clarke reported. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/follow-up-questions-end-job-interview-2015-1">7 smart questions to ask at the end of every job interview</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="B4ODhobjqemZPKhZS_YxGsIknwbquGn9" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'B4ODhobjqemZPKhZS_YxGsIknwbquGn9',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

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