how long did it take iPad's to get in stores when they were first announced, 9-10 weeks? Chill people.
iPad Pro, anyone? Announced Sept 9. Available yet? No. Available pre-order? No. Available this month? Yes. Specific date? No (just rumors).
Apple: free pass.
I get it, they should get these phones out 'sooner than later' but it's not so much the OS wasn't finished as waiting for TH2 to be finished
and the iris scanner. I have said multiple times that
(a) They were going to ship early, no iris scanner, gets an OTA update...sometime in the future (hello, carriers)
(b) They wait until Hello is ready and ship all at once
Well, those chose (b) and now they are waiting on AT&T to finalize things. They'll likely go for the 11/20 due to the holiday and that gives a few weeks to put it all together.
Saying release it earlier isn't that interesting. For fans, earlier is
always better. But Microsoft had that end-of-October timeframe and hey, they got the SP4, SB, and Band 2 out the door--at least in the US. Of course, I would have preferred those wait until November too, especially the Book, which has bugs. But no carriers, so...here they are.