So I was wondering about a few things about these prices..

1) I think Amazon does pre-order sales to get people more interested and buying the product. But usually after its over they raise the price back up to what it normally is for a while (at least that's true for videogames). Anyone see them do it for hardware? Trying to decide if I wanna wait and see or just pre-order now.

2) If I decide to buy it in a physical store like at TMobile, do I have to pay sales tax there then? What if the phone is subsidized? (I'm guessing yes).