“We know that many of you have been asking about product delays so we owe you an explanation. The truth is preorders for the Legion Go Gen 2 has substantially exceeded our projections, leading to unforeseen delivery range extensions. We are working diligently with our teams worldwide to fill these orders as quickly as possible,”Lenovo stated in an AMA session on Reddit.
Lenovo made the above statement on Wednesday. Two days later, it issued another one announcing it had begun cancelling preorders. Here’s the full statement…
“We wanted to share an update after connecting with our Lenovo retail colleagues around the world. The good news is that more units are already on their way to major retailers globally, so you can expect to see availability in retail outlets and websites improving in the coming weeks.
That said, we will need to cancel some pre-orders placed directly on Lenovo.com. We don’t believe in holding onto customer payments for products we can’t ship in a timely manner. As soon as our online inventory is replenished, Lenovo.com will show updated availability and ordering will reopen.
We know this is frustrating, and we’re truly sorry for the inconvenience it caused, especially for our most passionate fans. The Legion Go Gen 2 was built with you in mind, and this experience has been an important lesson for us. We’ll use this to improve and ensure a better process moving forward.”-Lenovo on Reddit
The bold text is also by Lenovo, not us. It’s an interesting decision and one that suggests it could be a bit of a wait for more inventory. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make a ton of sense to cancel preorders if more units were on track to arrive soon. Treat that as speculation, though.
It’s also not exactly clear when the Legion Go 2 officially releases at this point. In the UK, some of the customers who preordered a unit initially saw the shipping date as being September 16, which then changed to October 24. And in the U.S., Best Buy’s listings continue to show a release date of October 31.
There are two models on tap. The less expensiveand features a Ryzen Z2 chip, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. A second configuration with Ryzen Z2 Extreme, 32GB of RAM, and the same 1TB of storage
Both models sport an 8.8-inch PureSight OLED display with a 1920×1200 resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, 500 nits of brightness, and variable refresh rate (VRR) support. The Display is also VESA True Black 1000 certified.
