A few years back there was talk of Apple employing
sapphire glass instead of Gorilla Glass in the iPhone 6.
Not exact matches
But
sapphire is fairly expensive, so most watches
instead have a
glass crystal, which isn't as hard or scratch resistant as
sapphire, but still holds up pretty well.
But
sapphire is expensive, so most watches have a
glass crystal
instead, which isn't as hard or scratch resistant as...
Apple is one of Corning's biggest companies and the company planned to move away from Gorilla
Glass with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, switching
instead to
sapphire produced by GT Advanced.
Apple's upcoming new iPhone 5s utilizes
sapphire crystal
instead of plastic for the home button as well, and the purpose is to protect the brand new Touch ID fingerprint scanner found beneath the
glass.
Instead of
sapphire, we're now hearing that Huawei could use Gorilla
Glass 3 — a development that in itself isn't so interesting, aside from new the detail that the phone's back could similarly be covered in Gorilla
Glass.
Incidentally, this display comes with a markedly harder
Sapphire Glass for protection
instead of the standard Gorilla
Glass.
There's no
sapphire glass front for a start, just a somewhat reflection - prone plastic top
instead, and the casing is coated in PVD rather than made of metal.
the watch will also feature
sapphire glass,
instead of Gorilla
glass of any sort.
There have been several rumors that suggest that Apple will use
sapphire glass display instead of Gorilla Glass either in the next generation iPhone or its rumored iWatch that are expected to launched later this
glass display
instead of Gorilla
Glass either in the next generation iPhone or its rumored iWatch that are expected to launched later this
Glass either in the next generation iPhone or its rumored iWatch that are expected to launched later this year.