For me, "German keyboard layout" means more than just QWERTZ: it also includes the German umlauts. That's exactly what I don't see in the current pictures.
I missed that a lot on my Blackberry Classic after switching from a Nokia E71 (with DE layout *and* German umlauts) to Blackberry, and the lack of umlauts (on the Classic) slows me down considerably when typing. If the Priv does indeed come with umlauts, that would indeed be a reason to buy it.