These things can sometimes have real difference. While of course here we are talking about home of iphone and $500 phone in land of subsidized phones.
Example when i was looking for active speakers for my PC i happened to see these one Yamaha active speakers that where talked in different finnish HiFi forums time after time and seemed to sell like hotcakes in here. I googled them and first link was review to big tech magazine in Finland that had given really positive review about them, 2 years ago.
I struggled to find any shop in Europe selling them while every other different store in here had them and going strong.