i can relate with your point: iPhone is not just a luxury but an asset and it's due to the prestige people attached to it and also the brand name. I would say it is not better than android as these dyas there are powerful android brands that are even expensive and better than iPhone like several Samsung, Huawei brands we have in the market today. They maintain their value and price after years and like the iphone you can always resell to gain back a good amount of money but then choice of phone all depends on us and what we love.