Phones are going for thousands of dollars on online storefronts after Apple and Google took down ByteDance platforms.

Phones with TikTok already downloaded are being listed for eye-watering sums as the social media platform remains absent from ...

wanting to buy TikTok-installed smartphones. "I deleted TikTok and now I can't get it back! I will pay someone $5,000 for an iPhone 16 Pro Max with TikTok still installed. DM me," read a post on X.

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Don't have the TikTok app currently installed on your mobile device? It's best not to buy a high-price phone with it installed to get it.

Looked at another way, if you reset the phone (as you should anytime you purchase a used iPhone), the TikTok app ... ByteDance, to sell the app to U.S. buyer or face a permanent ban.

Business Insider's scan of platforms like eBay and Facebook Marketplace showed hundreds of listings touting phones with ...

People on eBay and Facebook Marketplace are finding a new way to market their used iPhones — by capitalizing on TikTok being removed from US app stores. Sellers on these marketplaces have listed ...