[computerjunkie]

I have people asking me in slightly shocked tones why I don't use an iPhone, and their certainty is always based entirely on social proof

I cannot count the amount of times I have experienced this phenomena. A couple of years ago, when I first got an android phone, I remember someone say "Ha, you don't have an iPhone, your poor!"... the content of the comment didn't really disturb me, what did was the reasoning which lead the person to generate such a perspective.