I am just a regular user and saw your question. From what I was told some time ago is BELL chooses phones based on their history of reliability and popularity. They are more in the business of providing a service and make very little on the sales of phones. I like to get my phones from BELL because I can have warranty service from them.
If you buy a phone from an on line dealer and have any problems with it, it can be an issue to have service for it. It can be a gamble. You can end up having to ship the phone back to that dealer or be on your own to deal with the manufacture service. Then you are without a phone while yours is being serviced.
