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iPhones with TikTok Installed Are Selling for Up to $5M on eBay After the Social Media App's Brief Ban
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iPhones with TikTok installed listed for thousands of dollars on eBay after brief ban
iPhones with TikTok installed selling big on eBay after brief ban
Some iPhones with the TikTok app, which is currently unavailable in the Apple and Google app stores, are fetching big bucks on eBay in the wake of the video-sharing app's brief ban in the United States.
On eBay, smartphones with TikTok still installed fetch hundreds to thousands of dollars, with one iPhone 16 Pro Max with the app is going for $5,000 and another iPhone 16 Plus asking for over $3,000.
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Phones With Pre-Installed TikTok Gets Listed For $50,000 On eBay As TikTok Remains Absent From App StoresTikTok’s absence from app stores in the US has sparked an unusual trend: phones with the app pre-installed are being sold on eBay for exorbitant amounts. Some listings are priced as high as $50,000, reported The Independent,
TikTok is still unavailable on Apple's and Google's respective app stores after it was removed last weekend. The app briefly went dark on Saturday, and while
"TikTok Phones," devices with the controversial app still installed, are now being sold for tens of thousands on eBay.
Did you delete the TikTok app after it was briefly banned? Your only option may be to purchase a phone with the app already installed on eBay — but the priciest option is reportedly over $5 million. After the viral video-sharing platform went dark last weekend,
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok on eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other online storefronts. View on euronews
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.
Phones are going for thousands of dollars on online storefronts after Apple and Google took down ByteDance platforms.
“Still has TikTok installed if that’s important to you,” reads one listing for an iPhone 14. “Can send a screen recording or something to prove it. Phones in good condition just some scratches but no cracks. All information and apps other than TikTok will be deleted so when you receive it will be like a new phone with TikTok preinstalled.”
TikTok's service in the US may have been restored, but it's still not available for download leading to some crazy eBay listings.
There are also TikTok-loaded devices that are listed for sale for just hundreds of dollars. Some sellers advertise phones with active TikTok accounts, while others say the app is installed, but not linked to an account. Ebay did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment on the listings.
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