Telephones with Tiktok are sold for thousands of dollars after their prohibition in the United States

Some United States residents are offering phones with the Tiktok application installed by tens of thousands of dollars on platforms such as eBay, Facebook Marketplace and other online stores. However, it is not known with certainty if there are buyers willing to pay those prices.

During the weekend, Tiktok was temporarily inaccessible to users in that country, however, since Sunday, those who had already downloaded the application before the entry into force of the prohibition have been able to continue using it. At the moment, Tiktok It is not available for new downloads in application stores Apple y Googleso those who did not download it in time have no access.

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As a consequence, some people have started selling devices, such as telephones and tablets, with Tiktok and other Bytedance applications, such as Lemon8 and the Capcut video editor, already installed. On eBay, ads have vary from prices of $ 340 to 50 thousand dollars. Although it is not clear how many of these devices have been sold, the listings with more accessible prices, about hundreds of dollars, are the ones that have generated the greatest interest.

A seller, New York Nicholas MatthewsHe said he decided to sell the phone when he saw that Tiktok had high demand, Announced an iPhone 14 Plus with Tiktok for $ 10,000. Until Friday, Matthews said his highest offer was 4,550.

“I just hope to sell this phone,” he said.

Tiktok It has approximately 170 million users in the United States. The prohibition does not point to individual users, who are technically free to use it while they can.

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Ebay did not immediately respond to a message to comment on the ads on Friday.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump directed his department of justice to suspend the implementation of the prohibition until the beginning of April. But there are many questions, including whether Trump has the authority to issue such order and if the China Tiktok parent company would be willing to sell the popular social media platform.

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