This made me wonder how plausible of a theory this was where there is a company that has a history of announcing new products that get people excited only to see it get released more than year later. It’s unusual where usually when companies reveal a product it would be out in a few months as the next step is marketing and distribution.
One person theorized was that the company actually doesn’t have a product ready where instead it’s used as market research to gauge interest and sales potential. If they see there is a lot of positive response where people are ready to pre-order then the will start to seriously develop the product. If they don’t see that it is getting a lot of attention, then in the future they can just say due to unforeseen circumstances the product has been cancelled.
It sounds like a sneaky way to try and get all the benefit with less risk. I am actually surprised if this is true and a company can get away with it after two times as I would figure people would catch on.