I’ve had many types prior to getting the iPhone, and the only reason I switched was because my wife’s iPhone 4s (at the time) worked all the time and effortlessly.
Although I’m in tech, I can’t tolerate remote controls, smart phones, and other gadgets that fail to provide the conveniences they promise in a convenient way. The iPhone is an extremely capable and convenient phone; thus, it’s awesomeness....
Yes, it’s expensive. And I still have my Samsung flip phone as backup. It’s held a charge for years.
Nice the flip phone still holds the charge...try and understand me...I drive a 1971 International Harvester 1210 pick up....got it two years ago and just sticker’d it in march of this year....all manual/no computers or anything that can’t be repaired by a reasonable back yard mechanic. I have even kept points and condenser....only thing electric is the lights/fans/windshield washer fluid...beyond that just a 3/4 ton beast of American metal....I love computers for what we are doing now...in a vehicle not so much...for phones I still adhere to the K.I.S.S. rule...and i am a deplorably cheap bastard.....