I'd like to apply to get Eyrie (an over-the-air music identifier) into the store. Normally I publish my apps in the store as a matter of course but with Eyrie I've been holding back as a number of N9 users have reported that the recognition reliability on the N9 is somewhat worse than on the N950 (as I understand it they have rather different microphone set ups internally), so I'd been hoping to improve this prior to submission to the store.

However, I notice the rules say that the device will be sent once the application is published. So in the case my application was successful would there be any flexibility on this point, or would I need to submit a less reliable version of the app to the store, then receive the N9, then release an improved version?