I suspect this has to do with the current scheme of shipping out the devices in iterative "batches." Presumably they are assuming the early batches will be heav

I suspect this has to do with the current scheme of shipping out the devices in iterative "batches." Presumably they are assuming the early batches will be heavy and clunky, with size and weight of each batch decreasing over time as they learn more about manufacturing. I find this more troubling than the idea of early batches shipping with pre-beta quality software. At least improvements to software can be pushed out to older devices. If you buy an early batch and get a phone the size and weight of a brick, though, that phone is always going to be the size and weight of a brick.