Apple hater here (therefore a bit subjective):
This is getting really sad! If Apple drops that much behind, we (android/windows/blackberry/iphone users) all have to lose.
I have to admit that because of Apple fanboys we are where we are right now in the field of smartphones. Yes, Apple hasn't invented anything (smartphone, touchscreen etc etc), they did something equally important: They convinced a lot of people to buy the technology drawing funding into future research (assuring manufacturers/researchers that there will be a sizable market for whatever new thing they make).
Every year they had at least SOMETHING that seemed new (read "not really popular") but this year it's just the same things Android users had for a (long) while.
I really hope there will be a backlash (I doubt it though) from loyal fans that will make Apple work harder for the 6S or at least the 7.
P.S. I imagine the horror of appletards at the idea that they have to DECIDE (for themselves) which phone to get (can you imagine Apple selling 3 different screen sized phones at the same time?). Not to mention trying hard to forget their critique towards fragmentation.