Its not a "communications issue", its a "bait and switch". No different than
- you research and settle on the latest MacBook Pro model as they use the latest Intel processors and are faster rather than getting a used one for less money.
- you go in and buy one with the latest manufacturing date shown, then find out it actually has the previous gen, slower processor in it
- you do some further research and find out that this is only the case for MacBooks bought at the store where you shopped
So when you call Apple about it are you happy when they say "yea, people in your area are less advanced and don't need the faster processor so we just cleared out some old processor inventory to get rid of it. It costs us less, but we're not going to pass along the savings to you because, well, we know best and don't have to".
Tesla tried a bait-and-switch in a country where they had managed to setup operations without a local partner for the first time. Now they're busted for this sham. Way to pee in the pool for every other US company trying to setup ops in China without a local partner. Elon should roll some heads for this one...