Apple fans

But surely that's the whole point of Apple products these days?

It isn't so much the functionality, but displaying to *others*.

"I am on a train and I have a MacBook. How trendy!"

"Look at me pulling up trendy apps on my iPhone / iPad!"

"Listen to the trendy music I listen to on my iPod!"

Proper noise cancelling ear-canal buds are no use because then no-one will notice that you have white Apple headphones spewing Mr Scruff (or whatever the trendies listen to these days) into the audible spectrum of those surrounding.