Chinese iPhone 6 flyer likely a fake

A number of news sites and tech blogs are reporting the leak of a promotional iPhone 6 flyer from China. The flyer, first mentioned by GSM Insider, is said to leak the Chinese iPhone 6 release date along with pricing information, and shows what appears to be an image of Apple's rumored 4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models. However, it seems likely that the leaked information is nothing more than rumor, as the image of the iPhone 6 models printed on the flyer cast some serious doubt on its credibility.

A simple Google Images search shows that the images printed on the flyer originate from the MacRumors website. Despite the grainy quality of the photo, if you look very closely at the Chinese flyer you can see that the images shown are the same renders that MacRumors comissioned designer Ferry Passchier to create based on a schematics drawing from the Japanese magazine MacFan.

As humorous as it is, this incident isn't the first time that the MacRumors iPhone 6 renders have been stolen and reported as a new iPhone 6 leak. A listing for the iPhone 6 appeared on the Japanese Amazon.co.jp website earlier this month. Numerous sites were reporting the listing as a leak from Amazon, however, it was later discovered that the listing was actually posted by a third-party seller. As you can see for yourself in the image below, there is something awfully familiar about those Amazon iPhone 6 images.