This is extremely disappointing.
So, by March I might get the proper hardware?? I’m about to cancel my pre-order.
From the article:
With the initial batch of phones at the end of September and early October, the hardware quality is said to be “Individually milled case, loose fit, varying alignment, unfinished switch caps. (Hand crafted)”
The second batch will bring a “tighter fit, improved alignment” for manufacturing and that will begin at the end of October through the end of November. That will also iterate the software stack for this phone. With their batch in December is when all of the switches will be properly capped as well as bringing better power management and other software improvements.
From January through March will be their next batch with various hardware refinements, a graphical PureOS store, and other improvements. In Q2’2020 is when there will be a molded case and long-term support software support, or rather the phone should be in good standing for early adopters.