the latest shipping update is still Q3 2019 (so 2-5 months away) and yet the marketing page still has a lot of hardware that is TBD: memory, cameras, and battery.
Not sure how you calculated 2-5 months. We're already in Q3 (Jul/Aug/Sep). Q3 ends in 79 days. So it's "0-2.5" months away.
They've continued to push that it will be released in Q3, even more so recently. And they've started producing daily videos of different software running on the dev kit. One of those videos also showed the actual phone, not the dev kit.
So although it says hardware is "TBD", I don't believe that is the case, and it seems very clear to me that they are confident, and intend to, release before the end of September atm.
I've preordered and have no doubts in my mind that it'll be pushed back to Q4 or Q1/Q2 2020. I'm not really concerned about it releasing I think if they don't release it will be detrimental to the Purism image. Also I'm fine with the money I put down if it helps develop adaptive UI for Gnome and some better Linux driver support and nothing else. Hopefully we get a small Linux computer with a touch screen at the very least!
Which is my I'm not pre-ordering, I'm waiting till the final specs are released. Also I need to be able to view PDF documents, so probably gonna be a while.
They've continued to push that it will be released in Q3, even more so recently. And they've started producing daily videos of different software running on the dev kit. One of those videos also showed the actual phone, not the dev kit.
So although it says hardware is "TBD", I don't believe that is the case, and it seems very clear to me that they are confident, and intend to, release before the end of September atm.