Same. I got that mail, found it very confusing, as I actually should be among the next ~100 to receive the phone. So, I think (supported by @ecs’ experience) there are two messages:
- If you order now (or have recently), it will likely take about a year (except the market unexpectedly goes back to normal)
- shipping continues as long as we have parts
Now, the question is a bit whether this message complements or contradicts the previous message (that somehow I didn’t receive), where it said
- “we have fully funded every single component in the bill-of-materials for mass production with varying lead-times”
- “currently have a good handle on procurement and quantities for the next six-months”
It’s really unfortunate that they are somehow unable to write in clear English whether all original backers should receive their devices before xmas, or something like that.
But yeah, there’s some hope that those waiting 4 years now will not have to wait a full year. But how can it be so hard to express that?