Iphone worshipped in india

I recently visited some old friends and they all asked me 'why haven't you bought an iPhone yet'. They all have iPhones, some of them are still studying. This has happened for the 3rd time in the last 2 years.

I earn decent and can easily afford one but its very hard to make them understand that I don't need one since I just use my phone for 3/4 apps per day WhatsApp, insta, gpay.

It's just an observation that we as Indians or you can say some of us have started to associate iPhones with a person's image.

Have you also faced similar things?

PS: I like apple products but I don't see much value being added to life using an iPhone.