US$3,000 for a used iPhone? If it has TikTok, maybe.


The uncertainty about whether the app will return to the app stores has caused some people who never removed the app to view their phones like golden tickets, coveted by anyone who misses thumbing through TikTok’s algorithm or had followings that they can’t reach after they hastily removed the app. — AP

For about US$1,000 (RM4,415), you may leave an Apple store with a brand-new, hermetically sealed iPhone that has been personalised for you by a verified Genius.

Or, for hundreds or even thousands of dollars more, you can buy a used phone with a cracked screen and dirt-filled speakers, from someone on the Internet.

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