Dear Oliver68
The HomePod is officially *not* distributed by Apple in Switzerland. In concrete terms, this means that it is an import. This generally takes longer. In the current situation, this may be delayed even more.
Apart from that: the people who write newsletters are employed to do just that. Not for the acquisition of equipment. Take a look at how many employees Digitec has :)

It is better to invent a new delivery date every week instead of being honest and writing "delivery date unknown". You could scare away potential customers.