12" Macbook retina suddenly dead & bricked

My a-1534 (early 2015 rMB) also failed suddenly several days ago. I was using it under battery power and it failed to power up again. I took it to the apple store and they said it's most likely a logic board failure. They were kind and helpful but at the end of the day a less than 2 year old machine breaking with normal use is un-acceptable. I have taken great care of this machine, never dropped it, always used the provided charger and kept it in a sleeve powered down during transport. I have only had the MacBook for about 2 years (I bought it after the 2016 model had arrived) and don't have apple care it only came with a 1 year warranty.

Apple quoted $575 to replace the logic board. This seems absurd to spend this much on a 3 year old machine as approximately 1/2 the cost of the machine. For a $1200 machine $600 dollars per year is pretty expensive. Now it seems if I have it repaired it's anyone's guess as to when it would fail again. To add insult to injury the SSD is soldered on the the logic board, so I can't get my data off. I hope my latest back up is recent. This is my first New apple laptop and quite frankly I'm very disappointed. I'll be looking other places in the future.

And if you were listening to Rossmann, he also talked about "AppleCare". My 12" 2015 MacBook would have been going for it's 3rd logic board replacement. The last repair they did on it was $1,400 worth of work, and the machine ran for exactly 3 minutes until, poof, failure.

I think Apple is aware of the situation. And, funny enough, I had mention what Rossmann had said when I took the machine back for its 3rd repair. I got a call from Apple yesterday, and they don't want to repair my MacBook again, but rather, they're handing me over a new 2017 MacBook. I will also get a pro-rated refund on my AppleCare (since I have about 10 months remaining). With the new MacBook, I am allowed to purchase the AppleCare again, which, I will.

I imagine at some point there should be either a recall to replace the defective U4700 chip, or the entire logic board with a good U4700 chip.

For that it's worth; the first logic board was replaced because the Bluetooth stopped working (unsure if related to the U4700), the second time was to replace the keyboard as the keys had all worn off (the paint), as well as a defective battery, they destroyed the logic board in the process. I am guessing they won't replace logic boards a 3rd time (or your 4th logic board, the 1st being the one that machine originally came with).

Again, though, Apple's willing to give me an upgrade might be a clue to just how much they know of this defective MacBook. I am just hoping the 2017 model is much better.