[zackham]

Call my cynical but my impression of this is that when I pre-ordered they must have literally had nothing done. I understanding some of the tricks you might pull to perform customer validation but their approach seems unambiguously disingenuous in hindsight...

[toisanji]

correct,they had nothing at pre-order time. Minimal Viable Product for hardware.

[rosser]

Minimal Viable Product for hardware == "concept"?

[jacquesm]

Minimal viable product for hardware = 'working prototype'.