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On the other hand high-end wrist watches have been using sapphire crystal faces for over 30 years, so there's probably something in it. I have one - my watch st
by Tycho 12y ago
On the other hand high-end wrist watches have been using sapphire crystal faces for over 30 years, so there's probably something in it. I have one - my watch still looks perfect 8 years since I got it.
- DannyBee 12y agoSapphire is nicer on really high end stuff just for protection purposes. It's abrasion resistance is much much higher. If i was buying a smartwatch for 10 years, i'd agree it'd be a great feature. But i don't, i buy them for 3 years. High end watches have it for the same reason - people expect them to last forever. If people are expecting a smartwatch (apple's or anyones) to last them 10 years, sapphire is going to be the least of their problems :) FWIW: The reason they likely didn't put it on phones is because they haven't solved the brittleness problem that nobody else has really solved that well. If you drop sapphire, it tends to shatter. If you drop gorilla glass, it tends to bounce. It makes sense on watches because nobody really drops watches that often, since they are normally held on your wrists by bands.
- Tycho 12y agoLifetime will definitely be shorter than a luxury watch but 'face time' will be far greater (time spent actually looking at the face). So still seems like an excellent feature to me.