[I'll use this post as an event log and add the correct answers above, to keep things together
]
[Edit: Monday, July 29] Well, with Update #21 out, the first user Cosmo production run is now scheduled for "the last week of August", which would suggest A:
Monday, August 26So, for now, it seems my first guess was four weeks off. It remains to be seen if B, C and D thereby has also slid that much, in which case we're looking at deliveries in October.
[Edit: Monday, August 26] In this video:
https://vimeo.com/354310879, posted on Friday, August 16, Dr. Janko says, at around 1:11, "Stay put, we're going into production... probably the week after next week", which would be
this week. Standing by...
[Edit: Wednesday, September 4] Update #24 says PCB production "started this week". When it arrived yesterday, local time at the factory was around 17:48 (UTC+08), which would suggest A:
Tuesday, September 3[Edit: Sunday, October 13] Update #29 says "The first Cosmos arrived at our warehouse in Hong Kong on Friday and have now been shipped to backers", which would suggest B:
Friday, October 11All units in the first shipping batch seems to have the Japanese PCB version, to be followed, first by units with the international version, and then by units with the Verizon PCB version.
[Edit: Wednesday, October 16] Today, Varti posted here on OESF that GeminiPlanet posted a Twitter link about the first Japanese backers receiving their Cosmos today, and while that means real Cosmo units are now in the hands of actual users, I asked, perhaps without really thinking, when someone would post here about
their own unit, so I am going to note that
the first users got their Cosmos on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, and then I'll keep waiting for someone to post here about their own Cosmo. Sorry for any confusion.
[Edit: Tuesday, November 5] While no OESF user has said they've
received a Cosmo yet, today, users [a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=292771\']SNi[/a] and [a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=292773\']donc[/a] reports theirs to be "Locked" for delivery. User [a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=292770\']szopin[/a] quotes Alan Wise in Canada who reports (on IGG) that his is also locked, and, after that, a few more IGG users has reported that theirs are too (mine is still isn't). According to Update#30, "Cosmo perks have 24 different keyboard layouts, 3 different PCB options and 4 different power charger options", which is likely why the Contribution ID doesn't seem to matter.
[Edit: Friday, November 8] [a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=292790\']Today user SNi received his Cosmo[/a], so C:
Friday, November 8[Edit: Wednesday, November 13] Update #30 "expects all Cosmo perks to be produced by the 12th of November - to complete the full 4000 Cosmo unit production". Well, that was yesterday (at the time of writing this, in Shenzhen, it's even past midnight to Thursday, November 14) and at least my own "early-bird" Cosmo contribution, remains unlocked, so though all units should be produced by now, perhaps they're not boxed yet, or maybe the IGG contribution status is lagging.
[Edit: Thursday, January 23] When the above date came and went without really meaning anything, I kind of lost interest in tracking things. My contribution was eventually locked, on Christmas day and arrived today. While I know of backers still waiting, D was about "most users", to avoid getting hung up by extreme cases. As I asked for a fairly uncommon keyboard layout, I am, for the purpose of this thread, going to use myself as the definition of "most users". That said, my thoughts are with those still waiting.