Nice laptop. I'm sure there will be a small part of the market that will go for it -- maybe even me.
But . . . I guess not every year can be an iPhone year. People's expectations are usually too high for these.
For me, I can not consider whether I should pull the trigger on an iPhone, knowing it will be a while until they are updated. (Unless they do it quietly by increasing the storage, but not making a big deal out of it.)