Hi! My purchase story was atypical: I saw the device, hit the official store, saw it available and just got it. Then I discovered I casually clicked in the exact right moment... No idea about their supply chain.
Same for me, I got mine end of December as well and only learned they were supposedly hard to get when researching custom firmware. I waited maybe three weeks, two of which it spend in customs.
I’m speaking from 6 months ago. My hacker (vuln researcher) friend just convinced to buy one, I went to the store and bought one. Probably just an uptick in sales right now because of similar blog posts and the current HN hit.
Ah I don't imagine there are any physical stores by me that would stock this. That said I did a google search for "flipper zero site:cz" and it seems there's sometimes second-hand ones listed on ebay-like sites, so that's an option.
Then it went out of stock.
I shared the capabilities and a test program with a colleague (in the USA) who went onto the site and it was available again. They have one too now.
They really do seem to be adding stock as and when they receive it, so just make a bookmark and check back daily.