Unless you were among the first to pre-order the iPhone 5, you may have to choose between standing in line at a real-life store next Friday or waiting a couple weeks: the huge volume of orders that crashed Apple's store (along with Sprint's and AT&T's) has already exhausted the first round of available units.

Apple sold out its initial supply in less than an hour. That's pretty impressive, especially compared with the 22 hours the iPhone 4S took to sell out.

Pre-orders from AT&T also show up as delayed, by a week or two depending on options. Verizon presently lists all models as delayed by a week. At Sprint, only the 16GB model is currently delayed. [NOTE: These are at-time-of-publication figures, and they might change.]

It might be too late to reserve an iPhone 5 with the options our buyer's guide pointed you to, but don't forget about brick-and-mortar stores: Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radioshack and of course your local Apple Store and carrier stores should have a supply.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/15/iphone-5-sells-out-in-first-hour

I hate popular stuff therefore I hate apple

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if phones keep getting bigger and bigger will my lovely nokia 5110 be stylish again some day? :D

Hterrefore??????

~ermagherd

Erpherne 5!

Dammit!

I bet 75% of those people who pre-ordered it own the 4S

Pretty much sums it up. Twilight, Apple products, COD... garbage sells.