@dwarf If you want phone that just works and don't want to care about anything related to how it works, why it works etc it is good option. Also apple ecosystem compatibilty features are nice.

Downsides - Price, price of apps, privacy-related issues, no apps that are not on appstore, no customization

It doesn't get you anything android cannot give you (except of camera, which can get you pictures better than from professional cameras give you if you don't color correct them manually afterwards, and mo other phones are better than that), but it gives you all of features hassle-free and more stable, like Game Consoles in comparison to PC gaming

Most of tech people on Fediverse are people who like tweaking and setting up things, so they won't reccomend you one, because they don't see everything working out of box as advantage good enough to compensate for price, privacy issues and lack of customizations