iOS and Android aren't the simple beasts people make them out to be. They're still extremely complicated for the most basic of users. Also, who on Earth would

iOS and Android aren't the simple beasts people make them out to be. They're still extremely complicated for the most basic of users. Also, who on Earth would you buy an iPhone if you didn't want to use it for its intended purposes? There is a market for a beautiful and cheap phone, and the iPhone isn't a part of it. You could use it as a dumb phone in the same way you could use a chainsaw to cut your steak. It'll leave it in chunks, but it's overkill for what you need.