I hate to be rude but some of yall just be doing too much...
Just looking for reasons to blow your money. My advice to you is if you got money like that, stop investing into a phone and invest into something thats gonna last you, property.
No reason to have to "hate to be rude"...just dont be rude...its easy. Its no one elses place to tell someone else, especially someone you dont know, how to go about spending their money.
Like another poster said, sometimes people snag newer phones from people who like to upgrade to the newest, fastest etc...no shame in that. The people who do upgrade like crazy, obviously have the means to do so...and are augmented by people willing to by their older tech.
Personally, I have my eyes open right now for either a Droid 1 or an HTC Incredible...just so I can start tearing into Android and not have to worry about toasting my personal daily use phone. Granted, I would love to be able to snag another DX, but its not worth it to me to spend $400-$500 on a device to intentionally brick it just to see if I can unbrick it...but thats just me.