And even when I was living with them in urban slums like this one, I saw people investing over half of their monthly income into buying a phone, and increasingly, they were "shanzhai," which are affordable knock-offs of iPhones and other brands.
Incluso cuando viví con ellos en barriadas como esta, veía gente invirtiendo más de la mitad de su sueldo mensual para comprar un celular, y cada vez más, eran "shanzhai", que son imitaciones baratas de iPhones y otras marcas.