Fancy infographic explains why the new iPhones don't have sapphire glass

8. engineer-1701d (unregistered)

no sapphire is much clearer then glass allowing for the light to pass better, anyways from how easy the phone breaks from 4 foot drop i think they should have used the sapphire.

16. Dr.Phil (Posts: 2181; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)

While it's true it doesn't let as much light pass through, the difference is about less than 10% (Glass let's 90% of light through, Sapphire is about 83%). So yes the screen would have to be slightly brighter to be viewable, however the biggest problem with sapphire glass (in my opinion) is that it's very reflective. This would make outdoor viewing of the device very difficult. In fact, I don't think you would be able to view it at all unless you had some kind of filtered tint on top of the phone (which I then guess goes back to your point: you would need to have the display on full brightness in order to see anything through all of that).

4. Ketchapp (Posts: 23; Member since: 04 Sep 2014)

See '64 Bit A7 Chip'

23. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)

64-bit chips have been around for a while now. Putting one in a phone is hardly innovative

31. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)

And the chip isnt made by apple

7. gazmatic (Posts: 799; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

10. engineer-1701d (unregistered)

right hahahahah its only innovative if it works better then the original and be fully implemented

9. engineer-1701d (unregistered)

kyocera already did it.

29. vincelongman (Posts: 5552; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

Yep, Kyocera Briagdier
Also its only $99 on a 2 year contract
The iPhone 6 starts at $199 on a 2 year contract
The iPhone 6+ starts at $299 on a 2 year contract

18. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2236; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)

in this instance, no iPhone, no Gorilla Glass. Corning had never made GG before Steve Jobs approached them.

11. ManusImperceptus (Posts: 724; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)

Of course it would have sold. But what would they offer with the next iPhone then...? ;-)

13. engineer-1701d (unregistered)

sapphire screens have been done already by the top end phones and the low end kyocera brigade phone

19. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2236; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)

You mean "two years ahead," right? The second iphone with a 64-bit ARM chip has shipped, and the number of Android models shipping with one is still zero (5433 isn't 64-bit enabled).

24. maherk (Posts: 6409; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)

Apple are two years ahead? Just because they used the 64-bit ARM chip? Which they still didn't manage to utilize it well!!
Please don't tell me that the 720p 4.7" screen, dual core cpu, 1gb of ram, 8mp camera, and the HTC One like design are two years ahead of its competition?

32. Iodine (Posts: 1468; Member since: 19 Jun 2014)

Assuming a 64-bit is not utilized well only because there isn't 4GB of RAM is as foolish as it can get. First 4GB can be used by 32-bit system and second, no computer on earth "utilizes well" 64-bit, because they don't use even a tiny fraction of that 16 billions of GB of RAM it allows according to your logic.
Apple got developers and they are migrating powerfull apps to 64-bit and other modern technologies so fast it's hard to imagine, while android is taking a break on the starting line, doing nothing with 64-bit so far.

And I am telling you that an UVL-photo aligned Liquid crystal layer and subpixel layer to reach very high contrat and viewing angles, the lowest-power LTPS technologies to bring brightness to very high levels, the improved polarizer so you can actually see something on your phone with polarizing sunglasses, better integrated touch layer for lower reflectivity and great sunlight readability, all in a ultra thin panel that frees up more space for battery and many other improvements all of that brought to mass production so everyone can buy it deffinitelly isn't a 2012 technology.

25. maherk (Posts: 6409; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)

Apple are two years ahead? Just because they used the 64-bit ARM chip? Which they still didn't manage to utilize it well!!
Please don't tell me that the 720p 4.7" screen, dual core cpu, 1gb of ram, 8mp camera, and the HTC One like design are two years ahead of its competition?

17. Armchair_Commentator (Posts: 222; Member since: 08 May 2014)

Exactly I really don't get it, I don't know many people who keep diamonds in their pocket, Keys I can understand but even my old note 2 never had a screen protector and the face was still pristine 2 years later when I traded it in. And if you do place it in a case, most manufacturers add .2-.3 mm lip on the front of the phone so it can sit off the surface.

22. seanwhat (Posts: 321; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)

maybe girls who keep their phones in their bag and take off their diamond engagement ring when they go out because they don't want other guys to know they're engaged, and put that in their bag too? but then those cheaters probably deserve to have a scratched up screen D:

Sapphire glass is purely a marketing thing. It really saddens me how much 'stuff' goes into phones and the like which are just for marketing purposes and do very little, or nothing, for the consumer. If anything time wasted on r&d like this is slowing actual progress.