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How much more would an iPhone 7/7S cost if the storage were to be 64GB and/or the main memory were to be upped to 4GB, or the screen were to be higher than 1080P, or came with 2 high-resolution cameras, and cloud storage of 1TB FOR FREE, and/or 2 year warranty, and fingerprint recognition, and that could do everything (and oftentimes more) that come by way of apps, expandable storage by way of a memory slot, dual window, plus a bunch of other stuff?

The iPhone 7 is 128 GB at $749.
It doesn't NEED 4GBs like your Android needs.
As I have time and time again pointed out more than a 1080P screen on a phone is TOTALLY RIDICULOUS when your eye cannot EVER SEE beyond 278 DPI and the iPhone is already far beyond that at 401 DPI. Why add more which just slows down the manipulation of graphics and uses up battery time JUST FOR HYPE?!?!
The iPhone has industry leading "fingerprint" recognition that is solid, instead of the flaky fingerprint recognition used on Android phones which is easily compromised,
More Application Programing Interfaces for graphics is a meaningless metric as that is for programers. As it is a choice of what graphic a programer will use to render graphics in his app, and having more is not very useful as all graphics are interchangeable. If you don't have an API for a specific graphic, convert it to one you have. Apple's Metal graphic API is the fastest and most versatile graphic API available today.
Expandable storage has always been a security risk and many Enterprise level businesses will not permit devices that accommodate it on their premises.
Apple iPhones have built in full device 256 bit AES encryption as a default, Android leaves that to third party apps and only to storage. Samsung's vaunted Knox stored its encryption passcode in an unlocked, unencrypted, easily found text file in a public Library. So much for security in Android.

Though Apple might have won in certain aspects when compared to the Snapdragon 821, one has to keep in mind that, the processor alone does not make the smartphone, so, when it comes to the whole smartphone with specs and features, the iPhone 7 comes up real short.

Real short? How? You have not enumerated anything that reaches that level. You listed a higher, but useless screen resolution, that slows the graphic handling down immensely in every case. The processor only beats the Apple's in one instance, but that is because the test is optimized for JAVA code for testing for C compiling. Other benchmarks that test the same mathematics the A10fusion came out ahead. Unsecure expandable, but far slower memory cards. A high pixel count camera with lesser quality CCD, that doesn't qualify in quality to the ratings the iPhone camera gets from professional photographers. . . who use the iPhone camera for professional work, including making full length feature films, photo layouts in mainstream magazines including National Geographic, several covers of Time, Photography, Vogue, etc. What magazines has your 18Mpixel camera been used for? None, right?

Again, where are you going to be able to use your 2year warranty to get that phone repaired?

You make assumptions about what an Apple iPhone would cost with the features your no-name Chinese Android phone has, claiming it would be double what it is now., but in my view, it already bests the features your phone has. . and is better quality all around. . . and is backed by an American company. The reviews that place the Apple iPhone at the top are unequivocal. It is the best and fastest. Your phone is not even in the running. You won't even name what the maker is.

The final proof you have no factual argument worthy of the name is you always resort to ad hominem insults such as iFanatics and iZombies. That alone is enough to show you up for an Anti-Apple Hate Brigade Thread Troll.

You iFANATICs and iZombies and iAPPLEWORSHIPPERS always keep coming up with lame excuses as to why an iPhone is worth spending more money on, and still, you keep coming up short in your arguments. So, how can anybody, including YOU iZOMBIEs and iFANATICs and iKOOLAIDDRINKERS, keep convincing yourselves that any iPhone is worth paying 3 times as much as for a phone like I described? Let's see: $285 vs $900. Which one is less? And, for basically the same stupid things with the same stupid specs and with the same basic apps.

BTW, the 821-based phone I got my wife doesn't need the 4GB memory, but it's a bragging point and one that Apple will be adopting in the near future, just like Apple claimed a few years ago that bigger screens was overkill and not necessary, but hypocritically adopted a few years after the Android market and the Windows Phone market had made phones with the bigger screens.

Battery life (since you brought it up) on my wife's phone is about 2 days, even with all of the FACEBOOKing and media consumption she does. I got jealous about that battery life as compared to my LG V10, which lasts just over a day. I'm going to be trading in my V10 for something with better battery life soon. BTW, both the 821-based phone and the V10 have battery life that is better than that of the iPhone 7S which my son-in-law has.

When it comes to expandable storage, that's something that other smartphone makers are putting into their phones, since it's something that users all over have been clamoring for, including millions of iPhone users/buyers. So, just because you're excusing Apple's decision to not include expandable storage does not mean that it's not a popular feature. And, that stupid idea about security issues with expandable storage, is just that, STUPID. People want it, and the vast majority of usage is not on the business side, so, it's something that regular users want and it's something that the makers are providing, and Apple may follow along in the future. What will you say then? That's it's a stupid idea, even from Apple, or that it's a good idea because Apple deemed it necessary?

BTW, I could have had the 128GB storage for a mere #20 more, but I figured that my wife did not need that much storage. So, how much more does Apple charge to add 64GB to its storage? Likely something like $200 more, which is almost the total price which I paid for the 821-phone.

When it comes to "enumerating" features that make my wife's phone SUPERIOR to what the latest iPhone provides, HOW ABOUT THE MUCH LOWER PRICE for a smartphone that is about equal in specs and maybe even better, with that price being $285 vs $900 for the iPhone 7? There is no way that you or Apple can beat that. Absolutely NOT!

Okay, iZOMBIE, carry on with your iFANATICISM!