Didn't know that. At least in Turkey, pretty much every iphone is jailbroken, including those owned by regular, non-power users. Actually, the only non-jailbroken iPhone i've seen in Turkey belonged to an exchange student in our school, from US.
Maybe people are buying pre-jailbroken phones for carrier reasons?
My brother uses an iPod Touch. He has never paid for apps. I know this because he doesn't have a credit card and is still in school. He just uses it to browse the internet and listen to music -- like most people here who has WiFi on their phones.
The people I know buy their phones from people who come from the US. Most I know people use online forums and meet in person for the payment. Online payments really do not work here in the Philippines (not mainstream).
Also, shipping is expensive here because the Philippines is an archipelago :(