Apple reserves 3 years of stock of Sapphire glass

Arrival, or
no, of'synthetic sapphire crystal' glassfor the screen
of the futureiPhone 6made a lot of talk about him these
lately.

This material, much more resistant than current Gorilla glass, is very
promising and Apple has therefore invested a lot to ensure a position
comfortable. So, after learning that the
Californian firm already had enough to produce 100 to 200 million screens 5
inches, it is the turn of the leader of Canonical to argue thatApple
has at least 3 years of Sapphire glass stock
synthetic:

The'synthetic Sapphire crystal' glass is intended to be four times more
tougher than Gorilla glassand already equips the iPhone at the level of
Touch IDand protection of the photo sensor
back. This material is, however, more expensive to produce with a weight
approximately 67% larger than Gorilla Glass. As for the thickness, the
differences are smaller with 0.6 mm for the crystal compared to 0.55 mm for the
Gorilla.

This is why Apple has a lotinvested in
its Arizona factoryin order to optimize the production of crystal glass
Sapphire.

Moreover, if we are to believe Mark Shuttleworth, the director of Canonical
which oversees Ubuntu, Apple would have already appropriated the equivalent of three
years of production of this component which he intended to use for the screen of
4.5 inches of its Edge smartphone which could never be financed. This way
to do is not a surprise because Apple is used to investing heavily in
factories or with manufacturers in order to secure sufficient production
or even exclusives like with theLiquid
Metal.

Even though Mark Shuttleworth believes that the screen ofiPhone 6will have a diagonal of 4.5 inches like the Edge, we
will prefer to stick tolatest rumors
with a diagonal of between 4.7 and 4.8 inches.

As for the information circulating in recent days about the fact that Apple
could reserve the Saphir crystal glass for its future large model of
more than 5.5 inches, we don't give them too much credit because, with such
production capacity, we cannot at all imagine Apple reserving this material for
a hypothetical very large screen that will sell much less than the iPhone
'classic' with its 4.7/4.8 inches.

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