You don't have to worry about getting one that's been sitting in a stockroom and didn't get shipped out when they were first being sold. They sold out immediately and if you're not buying a used one you won't be getting one of the first batches. I believe they sold out in the pre-purchasing stage but I might be wrong about that part?
As far as the "bugs" you refer to go, these are just normal things that get addressed and fixed or updates to make something better. And even if you get one now, you're still going to be doing firmware upgrades as they become available. It doesn't mean that something was wrong with the scanner necessarily when you do a firmware upgrade. And the free Sentinel software makes it pretty much "dummy proof", and I'm not calling you a dummy either [emoji5], in doing any firmware or software upgrades. It is super simple and in order for you to hook your radio up and use the software you will be told that you need to update the version of the Sentinel software if a new version has been released. There is a drop-down menu at the top that has both the firmware upgrades option and the database update option if I'm remembering correctly. So you can always check when you hook your radio up to your computer also. It really is nothing difficult whatsoever.
You'll get the new battery, but if you have any doubts, call the company you're buying it from and ask them.
Have fun with your new radio!
Brian (COMMSCAN)
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