Yeah if Highland/refresh were a 1yr+ away and the battery in the May relaunched version was the same as it was when I ordered in January, I wouldn't have any hesitation or doubt...but as you put it, we are now in an information void, which is very frustrating. Bottom line is I expected what I ordered OR a refresh, something in between never entered the decision making process until a few months ago. Ugh.
Expect what you ordered and not the latter.