In India the poor buy Chinese origin products. Our per capita is just 2000 usd. The middle class buy korean and the upper middle and upper class go for high end korean and apple. Its the same everywhere. I was in Brazil and my iphone in a bus marked me as 'rich' , as per some random guy. Not saying Chinese products are all useless junk , but they have their own market. Even in China , the well off will nearly always prefer a apple. See the craze in China for apple products , though they are way overpriced for the features they give.