I got my IPhone X at the Apple Store in the Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto, and got a real nice protective case, at the first little kiosk I came to. It was $40, but she gave me a Miltary discount.
Mark17. Thank you for your service. It’s not that cases are so pricy it’s that the phones are so damned delicate. Seriously my last iPhone I think it was a 6 lasted 3 plus years and I never had it in a case, dropped it a zillion times, but the one day I didn’t need to deal with Verison I dropped it on the hospital floor while my 82 year old mom was having surgery. I knew I was screwed before it hit the floor. That how life is some days.