I would consider getting an iPhone if they went back to making cheap plastic phones again like the 5C.
Otherwise they’re just too fragile and expensive. That’s the real problem I have with iPhones, you either pay a lot of money for a fragile phone or you don’t have an iPhone. They don’t provide another option anymore.
With Android you can run the gambit from a plastic phone that is $50, it’ll be slow but it will run apps, right up to $5,000 phones with folding screens. Admittedly most of them are made by Samsung.