Apple's certified refurbished iPhone X starts at $769: too much, too late?

Apple refreshed its certified refurbished online storefront shortly after adding the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, as well as the HomePod, to the company’s official “like new” product lineup, following all that up with sales of the newest 9.7-inch iPad model in the same perfect working condition at a (small) discount.

But even though the iPhone X was commercially released all the way back in November 2017 and discontinued less than a year later, Apple inexplicably waited until today to offer its first ever “all-screen” mobile device in certified refurbished condition.

At the time ...