I wouldn’t say they said one thing, and did another (yet). Today was the end of the shipping window. A few things to keep in mind:
- We don’t know how many phones were allocated for Aspen.
- Of those, we don’t know the split of between internal, backers, and other companies (e.g. Halo Privacy)
- We don’t know if there is a review embargo (not uncommon with phones and other consumer electronics)
As @wctaylor noted, they seem to be putting this information together. If they say 100 phones went out, I’d understand not seeing any from non-Purism staff. If they say there’s a review embargo, that’ll explain no reviews. If they say they shipped 5k and there’s no embargo, well, I’ll have additional questions.