Interesting - those look a whole lot like “CXA” profile. Like… a lot
Speculation:* (Edit; speculation was incorrect, see after divider below)
I’m going to go out on a limb and say they’re made with the same tooling, and intended for sale in different markets so as not to directly compete / violate any agreements.
$15 is cheap by any measure, but certainly cheaper than the $80 that CXA costs. That does make me wonder if there are other differences besides intended market - say, plastic blend or quality thereof.
In terms of shape, these look identical to CXA right down to the legends and stem shape. Cannon Keys says CXA is a PBT/ABS blend, while Teclas says theirs is “PBT” - though lots of blends are sold that way.
Welp! I have a new video project for later.
Edit: Update responsive to @anaolivetree;
These are indeed not the same, similar as they appear. Here is a link to another thread where I go into detail about that: