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iPhone 4 is having a TikTok revival, here’s how to use yours safely

TikTok is full of people using an old iPhone 4 to take trendy, grainy photos, but most are blissfully unaware of the danger they’re putting themselves in.

Two iPhone 4 handsets, one white and one black, display colorful app icons on their screens against a dark background.
The iPhone 4 is iconic, and it’s making a comeback thanks to TikTok

Just months after Apple released the iPhone 17 lineup with its best-ever cameras in tow, people are going old-school. TikTok trends have been responsible for some strange things, but using an iPhone 4 because it’s bad at taking photos is a whole new level.

The new trend centers around a fondness for photos that offer a vintage camera look. And it appears the iPhone 4’s grain-filled photos now fall into that category.

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