It's jerks like you who are keeping people like me who just want one primary phone from getting one.
First off, I'm not buying 9 on launch day. I bought 9 a month and a half later. They are available but people are too lazy to search for them. And I don't just go and clean one store out of everything they have. I go to several stores and just buy one or two at each. Also it's not like I buy nine and tape them together to make a super iPhone 5 that I use for personal use. The phones I buy go to people who can't get one themselves (i.e t-mobile users and other people who can't just walk in to the store and buy one cause Apple thinks they can pick and chose who they will and wont sell to)
The point is, look around and you will find one, promise.
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How the hell have you been able to get 9? They aren't being sold yet at out of contract, I believe.
Apple is saying that they aren't selling "out of contract" I walk in and give them my At&t phone number and tell them I want to buy it outright.
Also the ones you get from Apple, if you pay full price, are unlocked out of the box, even though they tell you out of contract unlocked ones don't exist. It's just a way to prevent people from buying because they realize they are F'd and can't supply the demand.