Following the use of sapphire to make covers for the home button and camera of the iPhone 5, China- and South Korea-based smartphone vendors are considering the adoption of sapphire, and therefore the application in smartphones is likely to ...
Tags: Use of Sapphire, Take off, Lights
Out of sapphire substrate non-LED applications, mobile devices have shown the strongest demand. Sapphire substrate non-LED applications are projected to reach a 32% share in 2014, with mobile device applications taking a 21% share, ...
Tags: LED applications, mobile devices
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it's alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal. The sensor brings convenience ...
The major Telcos have launched dedicated web pages for consumers to pre-register interest for the Galaxy S5, including Optus, Telstra and Vodafone. Samsung took to the stage in Barcelona for its Mobile World Congress launch event this ...
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $41.5m for full-year 2013, down 38% on $67.2m for 2012. ...
Tags: optical products, increasing utilization, competitive landscape
If you love your iPhone but would prefer a physical keyboard, Typo could be for you. But you might want to order soon. BlackBerry, the company that made physical typing on mobile devices an addictive craze, is suing Typo Products LLC, ...
Tags: Typo, BlackBerry, Typo Products LLC, physical keyboards
Sapphire substrate concept stocks have soared lately on China’s A-Shares market, but major international sapphire substrate suppliers stock prices have plunged, according to a China Securities Journal article. Out of the major ...
Apple's iPhone 6 could eeatrure a sapphire glass display that doesn't scratch even if concrete is rubbed on it. The International Bussiness Times reports that Apple has paid $578m to sapphire glass experts GT Advanced Technologies to ...
Tags: Sapphire Screen, iPhone 6, Consumer Electronics, Glass Display
The company also announced that it has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Apple Inc. to provide sapphire material. GT will own and operate ASF® furnaces and related equipment to produce the material at an Apple facility in ...
Tags: Apple, Sapphire Materials
Apple will build a new 700-employee manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, to make sapphire glass, according to releases from the State of Arizona and GT Advanced, a New Hampshire-based materials manufacturing company. Apple purchased the ...
Tags: Apple, Flextronics plant
For third-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $11.1m, down 45% on $19.9m ...
Rubicon Technology, Inc.yesterday reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2013. “We are very pleased with the customer response thus far and believe that PSS will be a strong growth driver for our wafer ...
Tags: Rubicon Technology, Lighting
The imbalance in sapphire substrate supply and demand is being overcome by increased demands in LED lighting applications and strong demands for non-LED applications. GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) is optimistic about the rapid growth in ...
The increased demand for sapphire substrates in non LED applications including for smartphone camera lens caps plus home button covers, the supply and demand situation has had a turnaround. Sapphire substrate used in smartphones will take ...
Tags: Monocrystal, LED applications
Will these budget Android tablets ever stop coming? The Energy Sistem Energy Tablet x10 Quad is a curious melding of the cheap, the super cheap, and the actually rather good. If it was a little bit cheaper, it could almost represent a ...
Tags: Computer Products, tablets, PC