Why do they compare to the iPhone?

I noticed many people, mostly the ones who hates iPhone keeps comparing other phones to iPhone. Like… "this phone is much better than the iPhone" etc. So I really don't understand it, if they hate it, why do they still use iPhone as a solid thing to correlate with other phones? If I hate something, I definitely won't compare my stuff with the one I hate.

Maybe they're kind of jealous? I don't know but your point is actually right.

Because iphone users think that their phones are superior than other brands. And those who think the opposite just return the favor.

Beacause they can't aford it

Whether an product is good or bad is irrelevant to its being the benchmark by which other similar items are compared. The point is that people need to compare something to something else that they know.since the iPhone is so well known and familiar to so many people it's not surprising that other phones would be described in comparison to it whether for good or bad.