Not having seen one, I can only assume you are correct in its gorgeousisity. But when you have wrapped a black brick if protection around it, it probably is not quite as pretty?
Regardless, my head won’t allow me to spend £1300 on any means of communication , but that is me. Not a question of affordability - but of financial justification.
My current one is an iP8, bought a couple of years or so ago, old stock but brand new. My SIM only is £9 per month