Look at what happen with
sapphire glass supplier a couple years back.
Not exact matches
Earlier reports suggested the
sapphire is likely for the next - generation iPhone, but G 4 Games points to new reports from Asian
supply chain sources speaking to MyDrivers [Google Translate] and PCPOP [Google Translate] claiming the iWatch will be the first Apple device to be equipped with the scratch - resistant material.Furnaces for
sapphire glass productionAccording to the reports, the biggest factor in using
sapphire for the iWatch and not the next iPhone is cost, with the price of
sapphire driving up the retail price tag of the iPhone.
If
sapphire glass is indeed in short supply for Apple, then using Gorilla Glass for the smaller of the two new iPhones would indeed make s
glass is indeed in short
supply for Apple, then using Gorilla
Glass for the smaller of the two new iPhones would indeed make s
Glass for the smaller of the two new iPhones would indeed make sense.
As a result of my most recent
supply chain check I believe that the Mesa
sapphire operations will have ample
supply to cover the iWatch, the 4.7 ″ iPhone and the 5.5 ″ iPhone with full
sapphire cover
glass in 2014.
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.