How should I go about buying the new iPhone 5s?

Ok… My original smartphone died last year for no reason and for the past year I've been working with a 19 dollar GO phone. However, this past weekend I lost it somewhere in Hoboken and I live in Brooklyn. Anyway I was already planning to buy the new iPhone this week. I'm just wondering should wake up really really early on Friday and wait in line and if so should I wait in line at the Apple store or AT&T store. Or should I just order it online that Friday and hope it comes within a few days. However, I currenly don't have a phone and I don't know how much longer I go without one.

Also, if any New Yorkers could which locations maybe easier for me to obtain on Friday would be great!

I'm afraid if you preorder it now, it'll take a week or more to come cause the stocks will definitely run out on the first day, so more has to be shipped from china. But I don't recommend waiting in line cause thats just not worth it.

My advice would be to go like an hour before the Apple store closes on the first day of release and hope that you get some left, by that time all those people who camped outside days before should be gone.