Is it possible that the 100C was based on iPhone 6 mock ups that leaked and the Chinese company copied it to get it to market first?
This would not be the first time this happened:
http://www.androidauthority.com/goophone-sue-apple-china-112...
This would not be the first time this happened:
http://www.androidauthority.com/goophone-sue-apple-china-112...
And design patents are not considered to require examination as to content in the USA. They're just approved if the forms are filled out correctly.
And if any part of the design of a product (even just one rounded corner on a $700 phone) resembles a patented design, you're entitled to 100% of the profit ever made on that product in the USA. China is nowhere near that shifty.
It's very different from the 6, and Apple has launched the iPod Touch in 2012, which is practically identical to the 2014 iPhone 6.