Having moved outside of Europe recently I have noticed that anti-Apple sentiment actually does run high in certain places, especially in countries where Apple d

Having moved outside of Europe recently I have noticed that anti-Apple sentiment actually does run high in certain places, especially in countries where Apple doesn't market or sell to customers directly. The retail prices through distributors are high and customers don't see the value in it, especially when the cost of an Apple product is much higher relative to their income than for people in Europe. In other words they see Apple as some kind of irrational status symbol for people who spend too much money on a product after having been fooled by Apple's marketing. The irony here is that Apple doesn't market their products in these countries while Samsung does so aggressively.