Why do people buy iPhones?

Why do people buy iPhones? - 1

They want them.

Really, What Difference Does It Make To You?

Why do You buy what You buy?

I buy things (provided I can pay for them)
according to my needs and wants,
which are not necessarily the same as anyone else's.

Because they want to.

Because they are apple sheep

Why do people buy any luxury? Because they want to.

Is it really that hard to believe people like different things to you?

They are a luxury item yes. Some people want one to keep up with the Joneses.

I've had all sorts of phones and the only ones that have been reliable are the iphones and the Galaxy phones. It was a long time ago in Phone years, I bought a brand new Galaxy s3 off my sister because she didn't like it but her return window passed. Man, was I ever blown away. It was worlds upon worlds better than my Motorola.

Then last year she sold me her old iPhone 6 after the iPhone 7 came out. Again, that old iPhone 6 was like a workhorse. I could run all the apps I wanted and not batted an eye at battery life and performance. That 2 year old phone was rock solid.

They run long, strong, and hard. Like I said, I've done the bought a mid-range phone thing and held on to it as long as I can but it sucked. It's like walking around with a rock in your shoe. You find a way to position it and you get used to it. Then you can ignore it. That's what these cheap LG, HTC, and Motorola phones are like.

Because they work well, they are a status symbol, and androids have deteriorate to the point that many no longer have removable batteries nor standard earbud jacks so you might as well settle for an iPhone.

People buy because everyone has it and it is a kind of social status because "think different" become popular. Who have it first remembers Steve Job and iPods.

Yes

People don't buy iPhones by the tens of millions just because they like the hardware, though that's a huge part of it, but because they're tied into an ever-growing, sprawling ecosystem of software and services that allow you to do more with the products if you continue to invest in that ecosystem.