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Apple Granted New Sapphire Antenna Patent

Nov 11, 2015

Previous rumors surrounding Apple’s sapphire usage were focused on whether iPhones would be equipped with sapphire screens in the future, but new reports claim the company has received a new sapphire antenna patent. The U.S. Patent ...

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Apple Supplier Unveiled a Purportedly 'Unbreakable' Smartphone Display Made From Sapphire

Jan 15, 2015

An Apple supplier has just unveiled a purportedly ‘unbreakable’ smartphone display made from sapphire. Desay, a Chinese firm that currently supplies batteries for Apple, has showed off its ‘Magical Mirror X5’ ...

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Chinese Manufacturer Desay Announced a New Budget Smartphone

Jan 13, 2015

Chinese manufacturer Desay has announced a new budget smartphone with one stand-out feature - a super-tough sapphire glass display. The Magical Mirror X5 from Desay, a Chinese state-controlled manufacturer, is a 6.95mm thick smartphone ...

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GTAT Move to Seek Bankruptcy Protection on October 6 Came as a Surprise to The IT Industry

Oct 17, 2014

GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) move to seek bankruptcy protection on October 6 came as a surprise to the IT industry especially because the maker was a major supplier of Apple for sapphire screens. The related supply chain in general, ...

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Limits of Sapphire,Compared with Corning's Gorilla Glass

Jan 14, 2014

A lot of attention and speculation has been brewing on GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) sapphire screens replacing Corning's (GLW) Gorilla Glass in the iPhone 6. Sapphire is one of the hardest materials on earth and is basically scratch ...

Tags: GT Advanced Technologies, sapphire screens, Corning, Gorilla Glass

In What Is Possibly The Geekiest Rivalry in The Smartphone Industry

May 23, 2013

In what is possibly the geekiest rivalry in the smartphone industry—and that takes effort—the maker of tough smartphone screens known as Gorilla Glass is arguing that its much-hyped challenger sapphire is weaker, not to mention ...

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