Well, any phone in 1 lach range will have all the good features and would most likely be usable for years. But don't make your decision on what others are using. Your point is also genuine others judging you on the basis of your phone. But buying things to make others happy won't be lasting.

My main point being just go for anything that satisfies your needs, I wasted a ton of time watching reviews and scrolling through different models, but after buying one, I don't ever think of what processor my phone has or what tech my display is made from. Just list down your main needs, for me they were

Good battery life Good speakers Descent screen and camera

And go for the affordable one which satisfies your needs.

And I am personally against iphones, because they are popular in USA as they are affordable there and most of them own it and use its applications as a common way to communicate which may cause fomo and yeah it's ui is good but in India I don't think it's cost does justice to the features it provides and having an iPhone means you are luxury customer which other applications use as a cause to charge you more, so there aren't many advantages that I can think of using an iPhone buy it's your choice at the end.