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‘Selling my used iPhone’: Fans laugh as TikTok may be removed from Apple’s App Store until sold to a U.S. buyerFans are back with their iconic sense of humor as the news of TikTok standing on the verge of removal from the Apple App Store until it is sold to a buyer.
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iPhone With TikTok App for $14K Sells on eBay Amid App Store Blackout
eBay Sellers List iPhones With TikTok Installed, Some Demand Up to $50K
TikTok has not returned to US app stores, meaning those who deleted the app over the weekend are out of luck. For now, signing into TikTok on the web is a cheaper solution.
Phones with TikTok pre-installed listed for thousands of dollars on eBay
At the time of publication, a search for "TikTok phone" produces over 24,000 results, with the lowest "Buy it Now" listing selling for $400 and the highest asking for (checks notes) $4,970,400 million with CapCut, a video editing app also owned by ByteDance pre-installed in addition to TikTok.
If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.
As for Apple’s unprecedented action, this was spotted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in a post on X, who pointed out that Apple issued a support document about TikTok, titled “About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. Apps in the United States.”
If you have an iPhone with TikTok, you might be in luck, as these devices are currently being listed for up to $25,000 on eBay in the United States of America. According to a report by USA Today, over 2,000 iPhones are being auctioned on eBay, with prices ranging from $100 to $25,000.
Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.
CapCut is a free video-editing platform created, owned and operated by ByteDance. It was launched in the U.S. in 2020. It was the second most downloaded photo and video app in the Apple App Store after Instagram, according to USA Today.
TEXAS, USA — Although TikTok service has came back on for the U.S., the app is currently still restricted from further downloads in the App Store. Due to this, eBay users believe having the app installed drastically increases the value of their iPhones, listing them for sale at high prices.
TikTok is currently not available in the US App Store, despite service being restored for users who have it already downloaded. Here’s why.
Many people are listing iPhones with TikTok installed on eBay for thousands of dollars as the app remains absent on Google and Apple app stores.
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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TikTok ban fuels iPhone frenzy: Prices soar to $5,000Americans have limited access to the TikTok app due to nationwide restrictions. As a result, offers for iPhones with TikTok already installed have started to appear, with some prices being downright surreal.
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