Over here in the UK Iphones are incrediby popular. I jumped from android to iphone a year ago with the 4S then bought the iphone 5 when it came out.
I've also got the 6G nano as a wristwatch using the lunatik (genuine) strap:
Get so many people asking about that ^ its awesome!
Yes they're expensive, but apple products have a design quality superior to everything else imo. Even the packaging is gorgeous. It'll always have haters and people it won't suit. Weird that most apple product owners either have a stigma that their product is the best all rounder though (I don't - I can pick their flaws!).
I've just got a sony ps vita which is a nice thing to have too. Great fun!
Jordan