I guess I travel in different circles, have different friends and associates, but I've never had anyone, friend/family/stranger say anything negative about my phone. For most part, people don't say anything, and the rare occasion they do, it's something like "What kind of case is that?" or "That's a neat app, what is it?"
I mean, I'm in the development industry, so I have chit chats about iOS, limits, issues, development concerns, etc.
I take out my phone and make a call, send an email, shoot a photo of my little girl, update FB, use Passbook to board a plane and move on with my life.
The only place I hear any overt negative commentary about Apple is anonymously online ... shocker ... and it mostly just makes me chuckle that people _actually_ spend any cycle of their life being angry towards a company that has no effect on them.