Don't worry about them. Yes, even at unsubsidized pricing, an iPhone may well be cheaper than a Windows Mobile or Simbian phone with a screen reader. But some people won't listen. So here's what you do:
1) When you're able to do so, take the plunge. Whether that's June 19th or whether that's later isn't important. Just in the meantime, smile to yourself, chuckle at your friends' shortsightedness (figuratively speaking), and bide your time.
2) Learn to use your iPhone. Get comfortable with the interface by using it. Make yourself use it. If, after you've given it the ol' college try, you've found you really don't like it, that's OK. You're allowed to say so and move on. Yay for options! But, if you find that you're getting on well with it and like using it and find it's accessible, not to mention that it has real possibilities, then
3) Have a good laugh at your friends' expense. Use your spiffy mainstream phone with no blindy software needed. Take every possible opportunity to use it in their presence. Enjoy your iPhone. If they still don't get it, smile to yourself, chuckle at their shortsightedness, and shake your head in disbelief. Then leave them to their special blindy software that costs as much as or more than the phone with a subsidized contract. If, on the other hand, they have seen the error of their ways, gleefully shout "I told you so", do a little dance, and then welcome them happily to the new and changing world of accessible tech. Wahoo!
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