How do I switch from one iPhone to another?

I have an iPhone 4S that I've had for a little over a year. I'm very interested in the iPhone 5, but I don't know how - exactly - to go about getting one.
I mean, if I buy a new iPhone from the Apple Store (either online or in the actual store), it will be a new phone with a new plan and number, won't it? I don't want that, I want to replace the 4S on my plan with a 5, but keep the same number. Can I do that through the Apple Store? If so, how? Or do I have to go through AT&T instead? I'm just not sure how to go about doing this.
I don't want to mess around with unlocked phones or anything like that, BTW.

" ^ But won't that set up the new phone *with a new number*? " 
Only if you choose to set it up as a new number.
"I had assumed that when you order an iPhone from the Apple Store, it automatically comes with a new number."
Why did you assume this?
It is not so.

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