We would need to ask Fairphone… Everything else would be just guessing. 
I sincerely hope for you and us all that it was in time 
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I ordered my FP3 from a reseller. I got a message from them that due to challenges in device availability the order will be delayed. They could not confirm any exact date when they’ll ship it. 
I hope it won’t get delayed too much.
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Right now the FP3 can not be ordered from the Fairphone Shop (no “Buy” or “Pre-Order” button). My guess would be that it’s not necessarily about a delay in production, but perhaps just about an intentionally limited number of phones offered in the shop software.
I guess this will be clarified tomorrow.
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The button's back.
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Well, then the french version of the page was the most accurate 
That page said “Pre-commander”; other language versions just stated “Out of stock” or “No”.
Maybe you can borrow another phone in the mid time? 
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As I expected, yesterday Vireo anounced another delay:
Liebe KundInnen, es gab kleine Verzögerungen, das neue Modell kann (für aktuelle Bestellungen) nun ab dem 25.09. aus unserem Lager versendet werden. Sie können umgehend vorbestellen.
And that won’t be the last one 
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I read somewhere that they added one more screw to hold the display module in place. Let’s hope everything plays out well and ships in time. I love the companies vision and you can tell that their heart is in the right place but my FP2 is an unreliable mess. Still ordered the FP3. I want to see these kind of products succeed 
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It’s really strange, it’s not the first time that I read people having issues with FP2. I own a FP2 for almost 2 years now and I have no issue.
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Always wonder to what extent low torsional rigidity of frame contributes to modular connectivity problems for those users whom carry in tight jeans pockets.
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I think they did minor improvements to the later revisions. I preordered my FP2 and have one of the first 17k.
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In my opinion that kind of carrying the phone adds a lot of stress and enhances connectivity problems.
When my phone startet having the reboots problem more regularly (I have the bigger battery-frame issue; being fixed by a tiny plastic-shim), the phone almost infallably rebooted, when I accidentally put it in my jeans pocket. I happened to forget.
Edit:
@Samb22 I have one of the first as well and my experience is more along the line with @AudreyE. No mess at all.
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The screen has been changed since then, mostly because of bright spots. Apart from the screen and the camera upgrade, I don’t believe the design changed. (Edit: the battery supplier changed, but that was because the old batteries were no longer being produced.)
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It has been seven days with “Rhenus prepare shipment”… Just another blip in the system 
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If they do send it by train to Europe, that train journey could be considered to be part of the preparation of the actual shipment. The shipment will be the sending to the customer from the Netherlands.
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That seems like such a poor design if simply carrying a phone in your pocket will damage it. I hope that is not a problem anymore with FP3.
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Depends on the pocket. Backpocket of jeans is customer’s mistake. You wouldn’t sit on your walkman either.
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It is at least a problem, if the phone is just stuck together. All connections being solderes makes the phone less susceptible for loosing connection or breaking them.
Adding lots of screws to fix things and make the connection a firm one - like it is the case with the new FP3 - should work for both tasks; keeping the phone modular and enabling easy repair and fixing the connections, so they do not break.
One learns from mistakes or errors.
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Indeed … 27.09. now instead of 25.09. 
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Maybe one of the many companies involved in the whole shipment process takes part in the global climate strike 9.20 to 9.27.
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