Sapphire crystal growing solutions provider GT Late Technologies announced earlier this period that it inked a big understanding with Apple. The accompany said that Apple faculty prepay for some $578 million worth of sapphire growth equipment that give be used in the company's facilities in Arizona. But what is Apple achievement to do with all that rock? There has been any reflection that coming iPhone handsets present feature sapphire demo covers in localize of what whatsoever anticipate to be Corning Pongid Supply Apple currently uses, and Digitimes' research arm apparently subscribes to that theory. Alas, the group's own maths likely disproves the thought clean conclusively.
Digitimes on Friday suggested that Apple's big sapphire finance could be aimed at manufacturing 5-inch sapphire lie panels for Apple's iPhone 6 and another upcoming handsets. But the account notes that the equipment drenched by Apple's assets would only food enough sapphire to represent between 34 meg and 51 cardinal 5-inch iPhone sort covers apiece gathering. At that volume, Apple would only alter a fraction of the iPhones it builds yearly.
The more much potential account, of pedagogy, is that Apple's peck with GT Modern Technologies will make in equipment that will food sapphire for location add covers and camera lenses.
Apple already uses sapphire protection camera lenses on all iPhone models and the new Communicating ID fingerprint detector on the iPhone 5s is splattered by a sapphire protection panel. With Apple's next-generation full-size iPad and third-generation iPad mini both predicted to be updated with Communicating ID scanners in 2014, and with an "iWatch" reportedly on the way, Apple's modern iPhone glass businessperson belike has nada to unhinge virtually.
Digitimes on Friday suggested that Apple's big sapphire finance could be aimed at manufacturing 5-inch sapphire lie panels for Apple's iPhone 6 and another upcoming handsets. But the account notes that the equipment drenched by Apple's assets would only food enough sapphire to represent between 34 meg and 51 cardinal 5-inch iPhone sort covers apiece gathering. At that volume, Apple would only alter a fraction of the iPhones it builds yearly.
The more much potential account, of pedagogy, is that Apple's peck with GT Modern Technologies will make in equipment that will food sapphire for location add covers and camera lenses.
Apple already uses sapphire protection camera lenses on all iPhone models and the new Communicating ID fingerprint detector on the iPhone 5s is splattered by a sapphire protection panel. With Apple's next-generation full-size iPad and third-generation iPad mini both predicted to be updated with Communicating ID scanners in 2014, and with an "iWatch" reportedly on the way, Apple's modern iPhone glass businessperson belike has nada to unhinge virtually.
