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I continue to think Apple should have a Time Capsule that does iOS backup.

The problem is most trader in Wall Street do not believe in Apple. Mathematically, statistically speaking it would be hard for Apple to even get another YoY iPhone growth, even if they could magically put another 2 year growth, it wont be sustainable, running into the laws of big numbers. Therefore if Apple stated a decline in sales it wont be worth a PE of 20.

This mentality has been priced in for a very long time. Especially since SJ passed away as no one from Apple could do RDF. Wall Street since then has been VERY conservative on Apple. More and more Apple stocks are now owned by Individual investors, which makes moving up the trend line a lot harder.

I think one of the reason why iPhone SE has been facing delay isn't a production issue, but rather Apple balancing their Target sales per quarter, so again Apple hit their estimate again. 

brian green said:

As it is, I haven't seen a compelling reason to upgrade from my 6 Plus. I used to skip generations, and I didn't see anything in the 6S Plus that warranted the upgrade other than the better LTE antennas. If the 7 isn't that different, I think I'll just keep my phone and wait for something that inspires me to upgrade again. Be it the 7S Plus or the 8.

If the rumors are true, then we have an iPhone 7 that is
New Material, - Likely much better at Radio Reception Signal.
Integrated Radio Frequency Chip - Using TSMC InFo - It is a little over stretch i think Baseband processor would be a better fit, but anyway integration will bring lower power usage.
Larger Battery - As Shown with Leaks
TSMC 16nm FFC - Lower Battery,

All these will point to one iPhone 7 biggest selling point, battery life! Assuming Apple could get 20% energy reduction, and also 10% increase in battery. That is a 40% Increase in battery life! 

I think a lot of people are still not convince, but go and search for yourself. As much as I dislike Samsung, credit where credits due, they do make some of the best technology. Last year you could still argue whether the AMOLED in S6 was better then iPhone, this year it has definitely edge out. The amount of improvement they make with every iteration is quite amazing. Yes colour accuracy over time is still a problem, so if by durable screen I give you that. But WOLED has that problem worked out, at least Very very little degradation within first 3 years. 

Yes, micro LED / LCD with Quantum Dot would beat even WOLED. But it is expensive as hell, there will need to be some huge technical leap from Apple to make that work.  There are nothing on LCD roadmap, including JDI 2nd Gen pixel eyes that makes any leap in display tech performance or power usage. I am guessing the next major innovation will be enhanced sapphire coating on top of the display that gives virtually zero reflection. 

On the note of iPhone 7, unless Apple plans to stick with its current Qualcomm Modem for two more gen, the next iPhone will likely be a major change from antenna design prospective. ( I did argue it Is now so complex that it shape the material and design more then we think ) Qualcomm next chipset X12 and X16 allows 4x4 MIMO, that is huge amount of work in such a small devices. Earlier this year I asked Qualcomm engineer if these 4x4 modem and 1Gbps LTE speed are merely for show off and In house broadband usage. Where you get much larger modem space to work with. He replied it is an huge engineering feat that phones managed this ( remember they have WiFi as well ) and we will know later this year. 

At the time I didn't thought of iPhone, I was thinking of Samsung / LG flagship in March. Because Apple has always been conservative in latest modem tech. I thought that it will be more like schedule for iPhone 8. Current iPhone 6s used Qualcomm 9635, or now rebranded as X7. The next modem upgrade avaible are 9645 aka X12, and the latest X16 announced earlier this year. Both X12 and X16 support 4x4 MIMO. 

It is also worth noting, with iPhone SE, the whole Apple iPhone lineup now support VoLTE, which provide the incentive for carrier to start working NOW on clearing the 3G spectrum and move them to LTE. Phone without VoLTE used to rely on 3G for voice services, but by the time they finish clearing and reallocate, which takes 12 to 24 month even if they do it now, there will be little need for 3G. Apart from supporting older Phones for Voice calling, most data will likely live on LTE. ( There are countries discussing sun setting 3G already ) 

P.S In case you ask, not a single country on earth has perfected VoLTE yet. After all we are ditching the old way of analog switching that has served us well for the past two decades. It is no small feat, but teleco around the world are working together on this, sharing experience as they go along. 

Now where are the ones who keep saying Apple are all for profits and they won't sell it cheap. No way for $350 / $399 iPhone? 

All the the dislikes and hate have been pointing to those who said this price range is possible.....