[hafichuk]

Bah. Typical online store crap. Why the hell can't they do real pre-orders instead of running out of inventory. You'd think that Google would have heard of kickstarter by now and actually figured out why that sales model rocks.

[mwilcox]

The original Nexus 7 was launched with preorders, and it took weeks and weeks and weeks for people to receive their devices. This is functionally no different, they are still taking peoples' orders, they are just being more open about how long it will take for them to receive their devices, and not charging customers until they are shipped.

[hafichuk]

What do you mean still taking orders? From what I can see there is no order button on google play anymore, just the wishlist one.

[mwilcox]

Still shows add to cart for me- but says 'Leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks'.

[hafichuk]

The funny thing is that I got their "sales" email 2 hours after they sold out of the last phone on Play.