Last month I purchased a 2021 production year SDS200 and yesterday received two SDS100 units. The SDS200 had the most recent June 2022 firmware loaded. The SDS200 came from Texas and both SDS100s came from Scanner Master. One of the SDS100s was produced in 2022, the other in 2021. Both units have current firmware from June 2022 out of the box. The 2021 year SDS100 had the battery out of the wrapping which was laid in the box. None of the other accessories were unwrapped. This tells me that either the Uniden vendors or the Uniden distributors are updating firmware prior to the sale of the units.
It is difficult to think that all three scanners from two different vendors purchased within the last month with two being produced earlier than the existence of firmware that this is not what is happening. This post is not meant as a complaint, but rather for informational purposes only. Other than the battery not put back in the wrapper on the SDS100, it was impossible to tell that any of the three units were opened up and removed from packaging and repackaged.
It is difficult to think that all three scanners from two different vendors purchased within the last month with two being produced earlier than the existence of firmware that this is not what is happening. This post is not meant as a complaint, but rather for informational purposes only. Other than the battery not put back in the wrapper on the SDS100, it was impossible to tell that any of the three units were opened up and removed from packaging and repackaged.