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IrelandWire & Plug finds an iPhone too new to sell
GameStop declines all three test phones, while ecoATM makes offers on the broken and iCloud-locked models.
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GameStop vs. ecoATM Part 2: Who Pays More? 💰
A dead phone, a locked phone and a phone too new to buy: Wire & Plug's latest resale test brings three different problems to the counter.
"GameStop vs. ecoATM Part 2: Who Pays More? 💰" was the most watched of the San Diego repair channel's four uploads this week. The GameStop employee declines the cracked iPhone SE because it won't turn on, then the iPhone 8 Plus because it's iCloud locked. The third handset presents the opposite problem to worn-out hardware: the store isn't buying that newly released model yet.
The kiosk offers a modest consolation. ecoATM values the broken SE at $1 and the locked 8 Plus at $18, but it, too, says the third phone is too new. Viewers pick up on that shared refusal, with one asking for another installment when the businesses can actually buy it.
Elsewhere, "He Turned His Apple Watch Into an iPod 🤯" has the strongest daily momentum among the channel's active videos. The older "Hunting for Phone Deals at the Swap Meet 👀📱 Part 6" is also drawing fresh views. Customer-assisted iPad work and a question about PS5 repairs round out the week's new uploads.
Subscribers increased over the week, though less quickly than across the past month, while daily views are above their usual level. Among similarly sized tech channels, Tech.Explain had a larger weekly audience; Brian Tong and EposVox had quieter weeks. Wire & Plug's mix remains distinctly hands-on: what can be repaired, repurposed or sold, and what even a buying machine won't take.
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What viewers say
There's something really funny about both them of saying your phone is really new to buy off from you😂😂
@kings__000See it on YouTubei guess we need a part 3 when they buy it
@SarcasmActivatedSee it on YouTubeToo too new 😂 nice one
@Varun_3103See it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Wire & Plug right now
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- Wire & Plug
- Subscribers
- 351,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 6,382,570
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 267,720
- Views on its first day
- 67,118
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Which device gets turned into an iPod in Wire & Plug's new upload?
The upload is titled "He Turned His Apple Watch Into an iPod 🤯".