"In the grand scheme of things, if they could pay us 10% to 15% more, that is going to have a huge impact on what we can pay workers" and do to the factories, Mr. Loo said.
Consumers who want to use such products can't expect to get them for free and have complete privacy, Loo Wee Teck, head of consumer electronics research for Euromonitor International, told tech blog ZDNet.