They have always been that and will always be that price at every COSTCO . According to the CEO anyway . <| sep |> Yeah I can second the thermal issues being pretty bad . Have a recently purchased S 6 that I don ' t even have a SIM card in and have installed nothing . Even after disabling all background processes I could etc . overheating is a frequent issue . Some things like Samsung VR Oculus Video don ' t give any problems but most things do . Some stuff gets it to overheat after just a few minutes while things like Minecraft run for a decent while but eventually still cause it . I ' m not living in a hot climate either . Definitely looking to add some kind of a cooling solution to alleviate this . Since I have the 2016 version I was thinking of possibly getting a metal case , modifying it if the phone doesn ' t fit with it on and probably adding a fan .