Yes I understand that. They buy into the Apple mystique when less expensive alternatives abound. My point is Apple does not focus on the low end. Nor should they.
Apple focus their products to cover multiple markets. Look at the iPhone for instance. There is a reason the iPhone 13 and previous iPhones still sold, tend to sell better than the 13 Pro’s for instance. If Apple ignored the mid tier markets for iPhones/iPads/watches then they wouldn’t continue to amass the wealth to invest in other ventures like the VR market which is currently small and niche. Even Apple can’t afford to not focus on the low end, because that is a huge part of their revenue stream and has been since they branched into the more premium sectors back in 2017.