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I spoke with a guy that owns a couple of independent AT&T stores in North Texas and that's exactly what he told me. He said to do it face to face, rather than online, so you don't accidentally lose your unlimited data plan. He also said that AT&T versions of the phone are unlikely to sell out/go on backorder because AT&T uses a difference frequency that Verizon/Sprint (or something along those lines, I'm not a tech savvy person). He said you could most likely walk into an AT&T distribution center a few days after the 9/21 crazyness and be able to walk out with an iPhone 5 and can avoid the crowds.

KC5AV wrote:I've had the 3GS since it hit the market. If my wife hadn't had hers stolen earlier this year, she'd still have hers, too. We went ahead and upgraded her to the 4S in an effort to delay the inevitable need to upgrade, since the 4S had a dual core processor, etc.
That said, I'm almost looking for reasons to not upgrade my 3GS to the 5, even though I'm terribly frustrated by the slow performance of my 3GS. I'll probably upgrade anyway, but I still haven't convinced myself to pre-order tomorrow.

I'm in a similar situation. The wife and I have had the 3GS for 3 years now. Both phones are slowing down so we'll definitely be upgrading but I can't decide if I should go with the 5 for $200 or the 4S for $100.

Any of our board's tech gurus have an opinion?