Really expensive over here, so people only buy them for status basically. Having an iPhone signifies that you’re well off enough to not worry about price.
I had a friend who said exactly this. She was just buying it to show off basically. She didn’t even believe me when I said the back was glass for some reason lol. And when she got it, she had to get used to counter-intuitive behaviour like the power button cutting a WhatsApp call. She did this multiple times on a call with me, it was pretty funny!
Another friend kinda regrets buying it now because he feels locked in to the Apple ecosystem.
Personally, I don’t think I’ll ever switch because F-Droid is a huge part of my phone experience. When my Pixel runs out of support, I’ll probably just root it.
It’s a great phone. Solid hardware, good software. Just not for me.