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Is this clearly a result of Amazon's own dynamic pricing or simply third party sellers undercutting each other which is common on close out or soon to be replaced items?

In the case of third party sellers, I don't believe Amazon directly controls the pricing.

Currently, the best price for the iPhone mentioned in the article is offered by a company called "TRUE DIGITAL" and isn't even fulfilled by Amazon.

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> Is this clearly a result of Amazon's own dynamic pricing or simply third party sellers undercutting each other which is common on close out or soon to be replaced items?

Bingo! Monitoring prices on Amazon without using their API is a Sisyphean task. They can show a price from any of a bunch of sellers; and which one they pick depends on the overall price, the stock at hand, etc.

Good points. But on the US store we can still clearly see the general trend showing that the price has been falling for weeks.

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