Comment by user_7832

Apart from the needless ableist/rude comment, no, they're not just popular because they're different. For many younger people (the iPhone-natives), wired is novel to them in some ways. Novel things always have some people adopting them. Except, wired actually does have advantages, meaning that some will continue using them for their benefits.

If it were purely "being different from status quo", everyone would be having a linux phone (like a pinephone).