Although Apple has not confirmed it officially, there is more than evidence that the Cupertino company is taking the necessary steps so that its next smartphone, iPhone 6 has sapphire screen. Not only they seem to be convinced of the advantages of this material whose main problem is in the high cost of the mass manufacturing process, and is that Samsung and LG are also considering the possibility of including them in their next devices.
The company led by Tim Cook has spent months preparing the elements and pulling the strings necessary for the iPhone 6 to have a sapphire screen. The agreement reached with GT Advanced It would allow them to manufacture between 100 and 200 million of these types of panels if all goes according to plan. But there are still doubts, since those of Cupertino could run into serious problems when producing the screen, which they would make the final price too expensive of the product and could even result in the larger model (two versions of 4,7 and 5,5 inches are expected) could see reduced the number of units that will go on sale.
According to some people South Korean media, country of origin of Samsung and LG, they would be observing with a magnifying glass the whole process that the firm of the bitten apple is carrying out and the setbacks that are appearing. And is that the information they handle is that both conducted research on sapphire as a material for the manufacture of the screens of your devices with a common conclusion: it was too expensive for mass production. For the rest, it surpasses in some important respects the Gorilla Glass that most manufacturers use, despite Corning claiming to find no advantage in the use of sapphire.
Now, Apple's experience would have given them a number of clues regarding machinery and tools used that could bring this option back for the future. The knowledge they have acquired would be enough to use the sapphire of a more profitable way, solving the main stumbling block they had found in their reports. Therefore, we cannot rule out that this material will appear on Samsung and LG devices in not long time.
Source: Phonearena