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The one thing that's bothering me about this is their choice to use sapphire crystal for the screen. Sapphire is definitely more scratch-resistant than the Gori
by burke 13y ago
The one thing that's bothering me about this is their choice to use sapphire crystal for the screen. Sapphire is definitely more scratch-resistant than the Gorilla Glass used by iPhones and high end Andriod phones, but my understanding is that sapphire is much easier to shatter by applying pressure. That seems to me a more important factor than scratch-resistance.
(Disclaimer: I'm no materials engineer and the above info was sourced from google searching, so take that for what it's worth)
- mtgx 13y agoI don't know about that. It does seem like a pretty exciting material, but I agree a 2014 release date of a "full sapphire phone" might be a little too early. I'm also not sure if it's the best material we can use in the future for smartphones. I do hope we'll stop using plastic, and aluminum is not perfect either, and has some major flaws. Glass is terrible, too. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512411/your-next-smartphone-screen-may-be-made-of-sapphire/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512411/your-next-smartp...
- bri3d 13y agoVertu have been using sapphire for phone displays for quite some time now (at least since 2011). Of course those are low volume, luxury handsets and if one shatters they probably just replace it, but I don't think 2014 is "too early" for a more widespread sapphire display by any means.