Yeah, I’m late to the party but I too ordered the i9 from Aliexpress during the sale. According to DHL, they picked it up earlier today and I should have it by Friday. Also ordered the keyboard but from another seller and using China mail so that will take some time.
This forum was the only place where I found an answer to the – in my opinion very important – question about charging trough the USB-C port. For a portable device it’s important to be able to use “generic” chargers and not just that one-of-a-kind charger you forgot to bring along. Having found the answer to that question here, I decided to order.