Desperate sellers flood eBay with used iPhones preloaded with TikTok, asking up to $50,000 as US app ban chaos drives demand—and disbelief.

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.

With the threat of a potential ban and TikTok missing from U.S. app stores, some smartphones with the app preloaded

"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 for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

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TikTok’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,

After TikTok’s brief ban in the U.S., a number of people have found a way to cash in by selling phones with the app already installed on eBay. When the short-form video app went dark on on Saturday (January 18) night, many people embraced the ban imposed by the Supreme Court by deleting it from their phones.

Listings have been popping up on eBay this week for iPhones and Android phones that still ... app stores like the one operated by Apple removed the app to comply with the law, meaning that it is no longer available to download, even if the user has ...

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok on eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other online storefronts. View on euronews