it's weird with this phone, because direct-from-amazon is usually the cheapest option in the list. with this device, it's the most expensive.

but i'd actually rather pay the highest price. if it means it's from a credible seller, than take a chance with some "marketplace" reseller.

i don't care much for brand names as status symbols or whatever other kind of idiotic capitalist bullshit. it might seem that i'm contradicting myself in insisting on a brand retailer. it's the same thing, right? well, that's the point in contention - how do i know it's the same thing? i'd have to trust the market, and i definitely don't. so, i'm actually not contradicting myself in my broader skepticism towards capitalism, it's just that the proper manifestation of that skepticism is to reject brand names at the status or symbolic level and insist upon them at the retailer level.

i'm hoping that it comes back in stock. i think it was out of stock last week, too.