iPhones and Androids with Flappy Bird app sold as relics on eBay

After the much publicised removal of the Flappy Bird game from the Apple and Google app stores, crafty netizens are jumping on the bandwagon.

To make a quick buck while the app is still in the spotlight, some are auctioning online smartphones with the game installed for several hundreds, even thousands, dollars.

One such eBay user on Sunday listed a 16GB space gray AT&T iPhone 5s with Flappy Bird installed for a starting price of $650. Less than a day and 74 bids later, the phone is now going for $99,900. Yes, you read that correctly, almost $100,000 for a used iPhone 5s with Flappy Bird installed!


It is, of course, entirely possible that some or even all of the bids were placed fraudulently to inflate the price of the handset. But at this point, 22 different users have placed a bid, and the auction doesn't close for another six days.

Meanwhile, another seller is offering a 16GB white iPhone 5 from Sprint with Flappy Bird installed. Listed on Sunday, that handset has already received 65 bids from 19 different users, bringing it up to $90,200. That auction is slated to close at 8:43 p.m. ET Monday.

Other sellers are currently offering Flappy Bird-equipped phones and tablets on eBay for anywhere between $300 to a few thousand dollars.

This is not the first time eBay sellers have cleaned up on mobile products. In September, someone paid $10,000 for a gold iPhone 5s, which at the time was sold out.