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Wire & Plug's $40 phone bundle has a catch

A swap-meet haul heads back to the repair kiosk, where working screens aren't the only thing standing between old phones and resale.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 721,597 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (57,760).

Hunting for Phone Deals at the Swap Meet 👀📱 Part 6

The bargain needs work. Wire & Plug buys three broken iPhones from a familiar e-waste vendor, then returns to the mall kiosk to find out which ones can actually go back on sale.

That small gamble anchors the sixth swap-meet installment, which has drawn more than ten times the channel's usual Shorts audience at this stage. The San Diego repair technician also picks up a turquoise Nintendo Switch Lite bundled with Animal Crossing, while passing on some basic tablets whose resale prospects don't justify the purchase.

The phones cost $40 together. Back at the "We Fix Phones" kiosk in Plaza Bonita mall, the XR won't turn on. The X and 8 Plus do, but both require further checks because they're passcode locked.

The iPhone X supplies the useful discovery: after a restore, it has no iCloud lock and is carrier unlocked. A replacement screen and battery later, the technician lists it for $129. That's an asking price, not a completed sale, and the repairs are part of the work behind it.

The 8 Plus has an iCloud lock and is set aside for parts. In the comments, viewers discuss the bundle's price and ask for more market trips, including a seventh installment. The appeal is in that inspection at the kiosk: a cheap phone isn't necessarily a phone ready for another owner.

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What viewers say

3 phones for 40$? that’s an absolute steal
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Go more often to these markets i love these videos
@marinaromingerSee it on YouTube
Finally part 6 i better see part 7 tmrw
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i like that you offer the older phones they are very useful for the kids
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I love how kind u are and how u take ur time with people
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The facts

Channel: Wire & Plug
Subscribers: 326,000 ▲ 15,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 15,449,515
Channel views, pace per day: 3,355,162 (on a normal day: 1,657,206)
Video published: October 20, 2026
Video views so far: 668,418 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 721,597

The numbers

The swap-meet Short is running far ahead of Wire & Plug's usual early audience. Across the channel, daily views are also roughly double the usual pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

57,760

this video

721,597

subscribers

326,000

▲ 15,000 in the last 7 days

total views

258,513,777

views per day

3,355,162