iPhones with TikTok still installed are going for thousands of dollars on eBay
How much would you pay to get TikTok back?Desperate users are willing to shell out the big bucks for access to the app after it became unavailable in the Apple App Store and Google Play due to the nationwide ban — meaning if TikTokkers deleted the application, they can’t redownload it.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.Some used iPhones are even listed for over $1 million, like one in Raleigh, North Carolina.“Screen protector is only damage phone perfect and has TikTok,” the ad reads.“If you deleted TikTok I’m selling one of my iPhones 16 WITH TIKTOK INSTALLED $5000,” one person offered on Threads.While it seems unfathomable that someone would fork over thousands of dollars for the humble app, TikTokkers who accidentally deleted it after the Jan.
19 ban went into effect are now desperate to get it back once access was restored.At the time, it seemed that they didn’t think it would be available for use so soon after going dark on Sunday — nor did they realize it wouldn’t be downloadable when it went live for US users again.As a result, former users begged for help in online forums, asking people for workarounds to get the app back.“I deleted TikTok and now I can’t get it back!” one person wrote on X.“I will pay someone $5,000 for an iPhone 16 Pro Max with TikTok still installed.
DM me.”“No way to get it back,” one disappointed person wrote on Reddit.“Have to wait for it to ever come back to the app store which has no ETA or if it’s going to come back to the app stores.”“I deleted TikTok the day it got banned because I thought it was gonna be banned for a long time, until 12 hours later it was working again and I couldn’t download it,” one Apple user posted on a discussion board.“If TikTok is useable and unbanned for users who haven’t deleted it or on ...