A new report from The Wall Street Journal is adding fuel the fire, with a report suggesting Apple could be
considering sapphire glass for high - end variants of both models.
Not exact matches
The report doesn't just stop at
sapphire home buttons, but also goes on to claim that Apple has been
considering a switch to
sapphire crystals for the
glass on its iPhones» displays, but has refrained from doing so because of higher costs.
Apple notes that ceramic and
sapphire glass might be among the materials
considered for making devices with wraparound screens.
Yes, the OnePlus 3T has a similar 5.5 inch full HD AMOLED display, 6 GB RAM and 16.0 - megapixel rear camera (albeit with a
sapphire glass cover) but also has some pretty significant hardware enhancements — a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, a 16.0 - megapixel selfie camera, a 128 GB storage edition, and a much larger 3400 mAh battery (quite a feat of engineering when you
consider that the phone's dimensions and weight have not changed a bit from its predecessor which sported a 3000 mAh battery).
The gut punch comes when you
consider the price: the Fenix 5 starts at $ 599, and only goes up when you move into the
Sapphire glass models.
The camera protrudes from the surface of the Honor 5X, which is worrying
considering that there was no mention of
sapphire glass protection here.
As originally published by the WSJ on August 14, it turns out Apple could still be
considering using
sapphire glass in both the 4.7 - and 5.5 - inch iPhone 6 models.
He also believes that the next iPhone will have
sapphire glass displays, which isn't too far - fetched,
considering Apple initially tried to use scratch - proof
sapphire crystal displays for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus before GT Advanced Technologies, its supplier, buckled under the pressure of developing products for the Cupertino firm.