Nevertheless, nearly everyone in the United States has more purchasing power than most of the top portion by income of the Indian population. I beg to disagree

Nevertheless, nearly everyone in the United States has more purchasing power than most of the top portion by income of the Indian population. I beg to disagree. Top portion of indian income is a lot of people who can afford a lot of gizmos and $500 iPads are penny change for them. To come back to the point of smartphones in India, considering that 3G came less than a year ago, http://thinkingaloud.in/ArticleComments.aspx?ArtId=770 http://thinkingaloud.in/ArticleComments.aspx?ArtId=770 says that there are already 8-9 million smartphones before 3G came. So lets throw affordability for the richer as compared to the poorer in America out of the window, shall we?