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There also isn't a lot of new innovation coming out of Apple that differentiates the new model from the old model.  Faster chip?  Who cares -- phones are fast enough already.  Minor camera tweaks aren't worth $1500.  So naturally people are holding on to them longer.  Carrier deals almost force customers to hold on to their phones for 3 years.

I recently worked on a clients MacBook Pro 14 whose screen was so greasy, it looked like they smeared a cheeseburger all over it.  That's not oil transfer from the keyboard, that's people actually touching the screen, on a regular basis, with greasy, oily fingers.  Why they touch the screen, I'm not sure.  It's not a touchscreen.  The keyboard had plenty of crumbs and gunk under the keycaps.  The problem is there is no way to clean that!  Is the keyboard in a MBP even replaceable?

foregoneconclusion said:

Unified memory IS more efficient than DDR. There’s no 1x1 comparison between the two. 

It's also probably cheaper to add into an  existing piece of silicon than manufacturing a separate RAM chip.  Either way, it costs next to nothing to do 16GB instead of 8GB, especially when charging $1500 for a MBP.  The issue comes down to greed and the missing $200 upgrade revenue Apple gets by adding $5 of RAM to a MBP. 

Counterfeit Apple devices?  The article literally says the devices in the box were real Apple devices! Putting used equipment and selling it as new is fraud, not counterfeiting.

Why so consumed with micron-thin bezels?  Personally, I feel there is a happy place somewhere between no bezel and thick bezels that still maximizes the screen yet also provides more protection from falls.  If the bezel is almost non-existent, so is your screen glass when you drop it on the corner or side.