https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/31/16585758/best-buy-stops-selling-full-price-iphone-x-iphone-8 >Best Buy will now only sell the iPhone X and iPhone 8 through monthly carrier payment plans and has stopped offering customers the option of buying Apple’s latest smartphones outright in one lump sum. The move, reported by Bloomberg, comes after the retailer took criticism for charging an extra $100 on top of the already-expensive $999 iPhone X starting price listed by Apple and wireless carriers. The iPhone 8 was marked up in a similar way. >"Although there was clearly demand for the unactivated iPhone X, selling it that way cost more money, causing some confusion with our customers and noise in the media," a spokesperson told Bloomberg. "That’s why we decided a few days ago to only sell the phone the traditional way, through installment billing plans."