What makes me laugh is people who say "I will never pre-order from Nokia again".

Can someone please explain to me at which point pre-ordering was supposed to make ANY difference at all to the release date? The only point of pre-ordering is so that you get it ASAP which will still be the case even if they delayed it a thousand times. You are getting exactly what you signed up for, the device as soon as its available.

Nobody made you pre-order, nobody signed a contract declaring that by pre-ordering you are absolutely guaranteed it will release on X date. Unfortunately being told verbally it will definitely release on X date is no guarantee and you should know better than to think it is.