I asked a person from the company I bought my iPhone X from and he said it is probably ‘supply and demand’. I bought mine when it was at a lower price and the quality was excellent. Personally I’d by at the low price. No idea but the phone is excellent no problems with it that I can find####[['price', 'Price#Price', 'positive'], ['quality', 'Product Quality#General', 'positive'], ['phone', 'Overall#Overall', 'positive']]