Just maybe the common wisdom of the HN zeitgeist that the only reason 50% of cell phone users in the US buy an iPhone because it is a “status symbol” is wrong?

Just maybe the common wisdom of the HN zeitgeist that the only reason 50% of cell phone users in the US buy an iPhone because it is a “status symbol” is wrong? If you don’t subscribe to that notion, then it makes perfect sense to protect something that you paid $1200 for for the utilitarian value despite it making it look worse.