SailfishOS, TOH possibilities, NSA free, from a Finnish company, all are different reasons for different folks who find the phone worth the cash. Numerable reasons for not buying it exist too, it just depends what you want from a phone (of this price, if that matters to you).
• The NSA spends $250m a year on a program which, among other goals, works with technology companies to "covertly influence" their product designs.