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.
Vivendo con loro nei bassifondi urbani, vedevo persone che investivano metà dei loro redditi per comprare un cellulare, e c'erano sempre più "shanzhai", ovvero versioni meno care degli iPhone o altri telefoni.