My iphone 4s has lost all my contacts

Out of nowhere my ipohone 4s has lost almost every contact.
The interesting thing- is the numbers that remain were all added after my last sync.
Even in the "cloud" it just has the new numbers....and I am not paying apple $19 for a one-time apple care troubleshooting session.
Anyone have suggestions as to what happened? At this point it appears even syncing it with computer won't work...

In Regards to this, You possibly wont be able to get the contacts from the iPhone 4 unless there is a back up file on your computer.
The original phone would be disabled due to alot of attempts of the wrong passcode. If all your contacts are on the cloud at the moment, you would be able to just set the iPhone 4S up with iCloud on it then Turn On "Contacts".
This would be bring all the contacts down from your iCloud onto your 4S.
But you will only be able to merge your contacts with the cloud when your original iPhone either has been enabled or the passcode was entered.
If you have previously already had iCloud on that device and have contacts Turned on, you will be able to just enter the same Apple ID you used for iCLoud on your original phone and use it on your new one.
Your able to check what content your iCloud holds via www.icloud.com
If you are unable to get past the disabled screen, then unfortunately the device will have to be put into recovery mode and then restored via iTunes NOTE: This will delete all data.

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As you mentioned, "This really should not be happening to a brand new phone".
any phone doesn't have the option to "autodelete" any private things from the phone " except internet cokies", and also not any program. The only thing i'm thinking about what happened is
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